The satellite company NanoAvionics released images online showing the damage to its MP42 satellite, launched in 2022 and ...

Spacecraft could soon be powered by space junk collected in orbit with a new engine that runs on scrap metal.British tech ...

The 131 million represents the total number of known and estimated space debris objects in Earth orbit sized 1 mm and up, as per the European Space Agency. This comes on top of the approximately ...

In the video, a Boeing representative said the maneuver will help Boeing change the X-37B's altitude and "safely dispose of ...

T he world's first wooden satellite has been successfully launched into space and arrived at the International Space Station ...

The goal is to reach the rocket body and pull it into the atmosphere. Space debris photographed in orbit by Astroscale’s ADRAS-J spacecraft in June. Credit: Astroscale The Active Debris Removal ...

the race to effectively regulate “space junk” before it turns low Earth orbit into a treacherous space dump or reenters the Earth’s atmosphere crashing uncontrollably into a populated area.

Japan's LignoSat aims to mitigate the growing space junk problem, as well as environmental risks associated with atmospheric ...

Kyoto University and JAXA launched LignoSat, the world's first wooden satellite, on November 5, 2024. The satellite, made ...