Space-Debris Crisis Now Degenerating

Data from US military networks, and from independent German radar measurements show that the European Space Agency's (ESA) huge Envisat satellite passed incredibly close to the spent upper stage of a Chinese rocket last month. Telemetry data showed that the two spacecraft zipped past eac... [ read more >> ]

Pieces of space debris litter many orbits around our planet, experts warn

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Image credits: NASA / Orbital Debris Program Office

Pieces of space debris litter many orbits around our planet, experts warn