NASA Space Junk Tears Through Florida Home
Have you ever been sitting in your home, minding your own business when suddenly a two-pound hunk of junk from the heavens smashed through the ceiling? No? Me neither. But …
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Giant Lasers Could Solve Our Space Trash Problem
Screenshot: Vox Humans are, let’s say, not good at picking up after ourselves. We leave trash behind essentially everywhere we go, including space. Back in 1978 NASA scientist Donald J. …
‘Martians Wanted’ NASA Is Looking For 4 Volunteers To Pretend They’re On Mars For A Year
Would you like to be stuck in a box with three other strangers for a year, pretending to be on Mars? Yeah? OK, weirdo, I’ve got good news for you. …
Tesla-Sized Satellite Will Crash Back To Earth This Week
It’s always exciting when there’s something fiery to observe in the night sky, whether it’s an influx of shooting stars or the possible demise of the International Space Station. Now, …
Sierra Space’s Awesome New Spaceplane Is Taking The Fight To SpaceX
The private race to space basically has two main parties right now, there’s the Elon Musk-backed SpaceX, which regularly ferries supplies and satellites around for Nasa, and the Jeff Bezos-funded …
The Skyhook Could Slingshot Mankind Across The Solar System
The International Space Station is due for decommission in the 2030s. NASA is currently evaluating how to go about retiring the station: options include letting it burn up in the …
FAA Says Starlink Satellites Could Kill People, SpaceX Shoots Back
SpaceX launched its first batch of 60 Starlink satellites back in 2019 in an attempt to bring high speed internet and cell phone coverage to the world. As of this …
Russia’s Latest Lunar Lander Crashes Into Moon
The last we saw of Luna-25Photo: Associated Press (AP) I’ve got bad news for fans of lunar exploration, as Russia’s latest mission to the surface of the Moon sadly crashed …
Now’s Your Chance To Glimpse A Satellite Crashing Back To Earth
Space explorers are running into a real issue right now, what do they do with all the junk floating above the Earth? Currently, there are thousands of retired satellites, chunks …