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A piece of space junk from an old Russian satellite will force the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) to seek refuge inside the two Soyuz space capsule docked to the space lab. The debris will zip within 9 miles (14.8 kilometers) from the outpost today, March 24.
The risk is too great for the crew to ign... |
24 March 2012
07:27 GMT |
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In a bid to increase its space situational awareness, the United States is currently testing a new and improved version of the decades-old VHF Fence, called Space Fence. The asset is capable of tracking a large number of small pieces of space junk clogging Earth's orbits.
Every time a rocket is launched into s... |
9 March 2012
14:21 GMT |
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According to analysts, we may be able to keep the cloud of space junk currently clogging Earth's orbits from getting larger for at least 200 years or so. All we have to do is remove about 5 large pieces of debris every year. This objective is not too ambitious, and could be achieved with small investments.The ma... |
25 February 2012
04:46 GMT |
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A significant number of the 22,000 pieces of large space junk the US Department of Defense keeps track of could be forced to reenter Earth's atmosphere faster than currently possible, in the event of a large solar storm. The conclusion belongs to a new study conducted by investigators with the NASA Orbital Debr... |
31 January 2012
10:08 GMT |
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Namibian authorities discovered a weird-looking metallic sphere in a patch of grasslands located about 750 kilometers (480 miles) away from the capital Windhoek. The object is hollow, and made up of two pieces of metal welded together. Experts had a very tough time determining what it is.
In fact, Namibian official... |
23 December 2011
08:35 GMT |
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As the fastest spacecraft ever built is heading towards Pluto, mission controllers met with planetary scientists to discuss how to safeguard the New Horizons probe from instant destruction as it reaches the dwarf planet. This is scheduled to occur in July 2015.
While the object and its four moons are well understoo... |
29 November 2011
08:59 GMT |
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The situation aboard the International Space Station has been rather tense over the past couple of days, ever since mission controllers urged astronauts aboard the orbital lab to prepare to take refuge in their life pod if need be. The emergency was caused by an incoming piece of space junk.
The debris could have po... |
24 November 2011
03:31 GMT |
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One possible method of fighting against debris clogging up Earth's low orbit would be to cannibalize defunct satellites for components that are still active, valuable, and operational. These parts could then be assembled into new spacecraft, a new proposal says.
The US Department of Defense's (DOD) Defense... |
21 October 2011
02:59 GMT |
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As the Space Age began, the Soviet Union and the United States started a space race that saw numerous rockets, satellites and astronauts being sent to orbit. Later, when other countries joined, activity levels increased until finally the amount of junk they put in orbit while doing so posed tremendous risks.
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7 September 2011
18:01 GMT |
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Shortly after the space shuttle Atlantis docked to the International Space Station (ISS) on Sunday, July 10, NASA mission controllers began tracking and monitoring a set of space debris that pose a danger to both spacecraft as they spin around the planet. The space junk is apparently on an orbit that takes it very cl... |
11 July 2011
03:04 GMT |
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After an amazingly-long mission that spanned over 16 years, the ERS-2 satellite operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) is currently being retired from active duty. Over the course of its lifetime, the spacecraft has aided planetary scientists develop Earth-monitoring techniques. A large part of the measuring met... |
5 July 2011
07:52 GMT |
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The crew evacuation that was ordered aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on June 28 brings the issue of space junk back into the spotlight. The need to act to solve this issue is constantly growing. Space debris, or space junk, are a collection of materials and components that belong to past mission to space... |
29 June 2011
10:58 GMT |
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An imminent threat from pass space debris forced the six members of Expedition 28 aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to take refuge aboard the two Russian-built Soyuz space capsules that act as lifeboats for the crew. Mission Control announced that an important piece of space junk was on its way to the stat... |
28 June 2011
10:33 GMT |
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While in space, astronauts and cargo are at some risk of being struck by various impactors, including space junk or micrometerorites. Now, experts propose the development of a new type of sensors, that would literally listen for the sounds such impacts would make.This would help astronauts on the International Space ... |
3 June 2011
02:13 GMT |
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Spanish researchers announce the development of a new tracking technique, that can be used to determine the motion of objects and spacecraft in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO). The method could also be used for tracking space debris, its creators explain.
The researchers who created the new approach are based at ... |
28 May 2011
03:54 GMT |
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According to a senior official from the United States Air Force (USAF), the number of objects classified as space junk today is bound to increase more than three times over within the next two decades, with disastrous consequences for space programs around the world,Currently, there are more than 50 countries involve... |
10 May 2011
03:36 GMT |
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Over the past couple of years or so, the threat of space junk and debris has been looming increasingly threatening above our planet, and astronomers have been growing equally as concerned about this. Now, an American agency is trying to set the foundations of a new monitoring network. The US Defense Advanced Research... |
15 April 2011
04:26 GMT |
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As talk about setting up a global network for monitoring space debris ramps up, the United States Air Force is now forced to decide on whether to make even more data about its satellite system public. Officials are still undecided about how they should proceed, given the sensitive nature of the information they are r... |
7 April 2011
07:42 GMT |
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Scientists have recently found a correlation between the fact that the Sun is undergoing a period of solar maximum and the chance that space junk in low-Earth orbit (LEO) has of becoming even more dangerous to spacecraft and astronauts leaving Earth.
In more than 50 years of spaceflight, people have put massive am... |
6 April 2011
01:41 GMT |
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Officials at the European Space Agency (ESA) have announced their intentions to build their own space junk monitoring system, which they say could come in very handy during future spacecraft launches.At this point, the United States is one of the very few countries that have such a system in place. The US uses it to ... |
2 April 2011
02:47 GMT |
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According to a US military official, the task of tracking down the massive number of debris in low-Earth orbit should not be the responsibility of a single nation, but rather of all countries capable of using such monitoring technology.
The expert also added that the private sector should be involved as well, give... |
23 March 2011
03:27 GMT |
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Scientists with the American space agency are proposing the use of ground-based laser system for cleaning up debris in low-Earth orbit (LEO). The system could be constructed inexpensively, but it will provide satellite operators with more room for their spacecraft. At this point, Earth is surrounded by tens of thousa... |
14 March 2011
06:57 GMT |
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A group of analysts believes that there is no possible way of cleaning up Earth's clogged orbit without the establishment of an international fund that would gather the necessary money. Years and years of reckless launches and orbital maneuvers have left their mark on the lower portions of Earth's orbit (LE... |
14 December 2010
10:21 GMT |
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The American space agency announces the development of one of the most complex predictive models ever developed in the world, aimed at simulating the potential interactions between spacecraft and space junk for the next few centuries. The model has been dubbed “low-Earth to geosynchronous environment debris&rdq... |
10 December 2010
06:05 GMT |
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According to reports in the Russian media, the country's authorities and Federal Space Agency (RosCosmos) have big plans for the nation's future in space. Nuclear-powered spacecraft are high on the priority list, as is the development of shields against space debris.Russia has been dreaming about going to t... |
25 November 2010
02:42 GMT |
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Officials with the United States Air Force (USAF) announce the successful launch and deployment to orbit of the first Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) satellite. The point of the demonstrator instrument is to show whether keeping an eye on the large quantities of space debris that surround the planet today is po... |
27 September 2010
02:23 GMT |
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It has become rather apparent in recent times that Earth's orbit is literally suffocated in junk. Debris from satellite launches, spent rocket stages and satellites themselves are floating freely in microgravity, speeding around the planet at mind-boggling speeds. They can in turn impact other satellites, causin... |
4 August 2010
04:09 GMT |
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A wayward piece of space junk belonging to a former Chinese satellite zoomed harmlessly past the International Space Station (ISS) yesterday, July 29. Experts at NASA decided not to take any actions concerning the six astronauts currently making up the Expedition 24 crew, as they calculated the orbit of the junk with... |
30 July 2010
08:42 GMT |
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Since the advent of the Space Age, countless satellite and rocket launches have made their way to orbit, either to be used later on, or as test vehicles. As rockets continue to take off, the space above us is constantly getting more crowded, with shards of metal flying at incredibly high speeds along their respective... |
27 March 2010
06:06 GMT |
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Over the past few days, the astronomical community has been in turmoil, as reports indicated that a foreign object was about to make a pass close to the Earth's surface. The weird object was observed by amateur and professional astronomers alike, and many feared that it was somehow a man-made, artificial piece o... |
13 January 2010
03:46 GMT |
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Late this Friday, a chunk of space debris whooshed passed the International Space Station (ISS) at very close distance, triggering concerns for the astronauts' safety. The piece of debris did not buzz past extremely close to the station, Mission Controllers report, otherwise the six members of the ISS crew may h... |
7 November 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Astronauts and space-agency officials have known for a long time that rocket, satellite and shuttle launches are leaving behind numerous pieces of debris in the low-Earth orbit. Over the past few years, they have tried to minimize their footprint on the space surrounding the planet, but seem to have failed. At a rece... |
28 October 2009
02:24 GMT |
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The $100-billion International Space Station (ISS) is a project so valuable to the scientific community, and indeed to the whole world, that keeping it safe was among the top priorities engineers had in mind when constructing it. Armor plates adorn its sides, so that the entire structure can resist impacts from micro... |
17 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Space agencies around the world are currently desperately seeking solutions to the crisis in orbit, where numerous spent satellites and first stages from rockets, together with micro asteroids and other orbital debris are posing an immense risk to ongoing missions. While the United States and Europe would rather move... |
4 May 2009
08:47 GMT |
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The American space agency announced on Thursday that the risk of the Atlantis space shuttle to collide with a piece of space debris was well within its guidelines, and that the STS-125 mission to the Hubble Space telescope would, hopefully, go according to plan. In keeping with official NASA announcements, there is n... |
21 April 2009
05:17 GMT |
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The February collision between a Soviet-era satellite and an American telecommunications one has also triggered a large wave of discussions related to space security, alongside an increased alert level related to space flying. Since the accident, which sent thousands of little debris into space, the danger level in o... |
10 April 2009
08:34 GMT |
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On Sunday, the International Space Station was again confronted with the possibility of a violent collision with a piece of space junk, and NASA mission controllers back on Earth asked the crews to reorient the shuttle-space station complex to a modified orbit. This allowed the orbiting lab to significantly increase ... |
23 March 2009
04:47 GMT |
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The three astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took shelter on Thursday in their Soyuz spacecraft, which was instantly turned into a lifeboat of sorts. The move was prompted by a Flight Control warning, which was issued on account of a tiny piece of space debris. The satellite motor remnant passed ... |
13 March 2009
07:21 GMT |
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On Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced that it planned to set up a $64-million space program, designed to monitor space debris and their orbit, so as to avoid other accidents such as the one on February 10th, when an American and a Russian satellite crashed into each other in Earth's orbit. The age... |
18 February 2009
09:10 GMT |
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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 individual objects less tha... |
19 March 2008
11:05 GMT |
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