The Space Junk Crisis Needs a Recycling Revolution - Scientific …
4 days ago · Its Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines encourage member states to manage space debris and promote sustainable space operations. More than 100 countries have endorsed the …
What will it take to reach zero space debris? - Phys.org
2 days ago · The space debris problem won't solve itself. We've been kicking the can down the road for years as we continue launching more rockets and payloads into space. ... (2025, …
Scientists call on UN to help solve Earth's space junk problem
6 days ago · According to the European Space Agency, there are currently around 40,500 out-of-control space junk fragments larger than 4 inches (10 centimeters), up to 1.1 million pieces …
FAA investigating Starship debris reports - SpaceNews
Jan 19, 2025 · “A Debris Response Area is activated only if the space vehicle experiences an anomaly with debris falling outside of the identified closed aircraft hazard areas,” the FAA added.
Uncontrolled reentry of space debris poses a real and
Jun 5, 2024 · The Florida crash landing of space debris jettisoned from the ISS has spun up concerns about uncontrolled reentry of human-made space debris.
Space junk metal ring baffles residents and sparks concern in
Nasa estimates there are more than 6,000 tonnes of space debris in orbit at the moment. There are many different estimates about the chances of such junk hitting someone, but most are in …
Space debris - BBC News
Apr 26, 2024 · Mysterious, golden streaks lit up the sky across southern California, causing a flurry of speculation. The veteran ERS-2 Earth observation spacecraft dives to destruction …
Waste in space: all the news surrounding space junk
Aug 12, 2024 · After more than 60 years of satellite launches and space exploration, manufactured objects like derelict spacecraft and rocket fragments now litter Earth’s orbit as …
A Half-Ton Piece of Space Junk Falls Onto a Village in Kenya
Jan 2, 2025 · Last March, a 1.6-pound chunk of debris from the International Space Station tore a hole through the roof of a home in Florida, and the following month, several sizable fragments …
Nearly 30,000 objects are hurtling through near-Earth orbit. That ... - CNN
Feb 21, 2024 · Then there is the space junk — nearly 30,000 objects bigger than a softball hurtling a few hundred miles above Earth, ten times faster than a bullet.