How to Clean Up Space

There is an enormous number of objects remnant from previous missions currently orbiting Earth, most of which have the potential of seriously damaging spacecrafts intersecting their trajectories. Only last year, the destruction of China's Fengyun-1C satellite left behind about 150,000 in... [ read more >> ]

Saturn V stage separation; most debris released in Earth's orbit remains in orbit

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Saturn V stage separation; most debris released in Earth's orbit remains in orbit