Space Debris

Dead Satellite May Be Space Junk For HOW Long?

Posted 05.12.2012

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By: Mike Wall Published: 05/11/2012 11:35 AM EDT on SPACE.com An enormous Earth-observing satellite that was officially declared dead in space W...

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Space Debris Causes Scare Aboard Space Station

Posted 05.08.2012

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 03/24/2012 01:53 AM EDT on SPACE.com This story was updated at 8 a.m. ET. A leftover piece of an old Russian satell...

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Space Station Scrambles To Dodge Space Junk

Posted 05.08.2012

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By: Tariq Malik Published: 01/29/2012 01:31 PM EST on SPACE.com The International Space Station fired its thrusters Saturday (Jan. 28)...

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Why Are There 15,000 Pieces Of Junk In Orbit?

| David Wright | Posted 03.15.2012

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Early in the Space Age, little thought was given to objects left in orbit as part of satellite launches. But as the number of those objects has grown,...

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Space Station Moves To Dodge Softball-Sized Space Junk

AP | Posted 01.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The International Space Station has moved up and out of the way of a softball-sized piece of space junk. NASA officials said debris f...

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Colo. Colleges To Help Track Space Junk

Posted 12.25.2011

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The Air Force Academy's Center for Space Situational Awareness Research (CSSAR) has been awarded a nearly $800,000 grant to help track space junk that...

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NASA Satellite Hits Earth, Space Agency Confirms

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and KELLI KENNEDY | Posted 11.23.2011

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WASHINGTON — It's as big as a bus and weighs 6 tons, but officials probably will never be able to pinpoint exactly where a massive NASA satellit...

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Could You Get Hit By Space Junk?

Posted 11.22.2011

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You may have heard that there's a one in 3,200 chance that you could get hit by space junk on Friday, when NASA's six-ton UARS (Upper Atmosphere Resea...

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Space Pollution Needs Solution

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 11.01.2011

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WASHINGTON — Space junk has made such a mess of Earth's orbit that experts say we may need to finally think about cleaning it up. That may mean...

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I'm With Stupid: Running Out of Space to Put All Our Junk

Todd Hartley | Posted 10.12.2011

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Way to go, people: We've done it again. Give ourselves a hand! We morons have gone and done something I would have sworn was impossible. We weren't c...

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Watch: A Near Miss For the ISS

Posted 08.29.2011

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WATCH OUT: Space Junk Threatening Space Station, 3 Residents

AP | By MARCIA DUNN | Posted 06.05.2011

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A small piece of space junk drifted dangerously close to the International Space Station on Tuesday, prompting NASA to order t...

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How To Get Rid Of All That Space Junk

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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How about a laser? One that is strong enough to nudge debris out of earth orbit. That's what NASA contractor James Mason wants to do, and his lab ...

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PHOTOS: Space Junk Making A Mess In Orbit

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- A satellite that will monitor the clutter in Earth orbit is scheduled to launch Saturday, nearly three months later...

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Asteroid Collision: Mysterious Space Debris Suggests Asteroids

Huffington Post | Amanda Ng | Posted 05.25.2011

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NASA scientists have spotted a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern with trailing streamers of dust that is unlike any image astronomers have seen befo...

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Red-Hot Piece Of Space Junk Crashes Through Retiree's Roof

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pensioner Peter Welton was amazed when a piece of red-hot debris crashed through his roof in July. Now experts have confirmed the object had travelled...

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Satellite Collision Focuses Attention On Space Pollution

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN and DOUGLAS BIRCH | Posted 05.25.2011

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MOSCOW — U.S. and Russian officials traded shots Thursday over who was to blame for a huge satellite collision this week that spewed speeding cl...

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