debris
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A Space Junk Removal Mission Got Struck By Space Junk
In a sad case of debris-on-debris crime, a defunct payload adapter that was chosen as the subject of a space debris cleanup mission was itself hit by a piece of space junk. The VESPA payload adapter has been floating in Earth’s orbit following the launch of a Vega rocket in 2013, adding to the thousands…
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Space Sail Experiment Showcases Promising Technique for Quickly Disposing Space Junk
There’s a lot of junk orbiting our planet, from tiny flecks of paint to defunct rocket stages. While solutions to remove pre-existing debris have been developed, a private space company in Germany has successfully tested a method to deorbit satellites at the end of their life to prevent them from becoming space debris in the…
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Orbital Debris Threatens Our Future in Space, so NASA Is Seeking Solutions
NASA needs to know what’s going on with all of the junk that’s orbiting our planet. The space agency announced yesterday that it would be funding three proposals from various universities to better understand orbital debris and sustainability in space.
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Another Star Trek: TNG Star Has Hopes to Appear in Picard
Orange Is the New Black‘s Julie Lake and Liz Storm are taking on mermaid violence for a new show. Get a look at Lucifer‘s noir-tinged episode. Plus, a glimpse at Shudder’s latest exorcist horror, what’s to come on Stargirl, and a look at NBC’s sci-fi pilot Debris. Spoilers now!