SPACE.com talks to an orbital debris expert about the falling UARS satellite and the problem of junk in space.
... of solar activity on Earth and near-Earth orbits. My new job as a professor at Capitol ... bright students working on using picosatellites to test our orbital debris removal concepts. Further, the number ...
... radar designed to test methods for finding orbital debris that can be hazardous to space navigation has been installed in Spain. The radar will be used to develop future debris warning services, helping boost safety ...
... (AIAA) is publishing an article entitled "Removing Orbital Debris With Less Risk" in the March/April ... Incorporated, Chantilly, VA. This article compares in-orbit debris removal options regarding their potential ...
... , a robot spacecraft has been prodded from deep slumber to make a rare encounter with an asteroid, the intriguing orbital debris that could offer clues into the making of the Solar ...
Next month's shuttle flight to the Hubble Space Telescope faces an increased risk from orbiting debris.
(AP) -- Scientists are keeping a close eye on orbital debris created when two communications satellites - one American, the other Russian - smashed into each other hundreds of miles above the Earth.
Another piece of space junk is drifting toward the international space station just as the space shuttle is headed that way.
The European Space Agency (ESA) hopes to start monitoring orbital debris within the next few years, an official said Thursday at the close of the largest-ever conference on a worsening space peril.
... -up project: the expanding swarm of space debris circling the planet. French spaceflight ... the Aerobraking Sail for bringing defunct satellites out of orbit. When a satellite dies, the built-in braking ...
Serious challenges lie ahead to curb space junk, ones that are exacerbated by the rise of small satellite launches and debris removal techniques that mimic anti-satellite systems.
The chief of U.S. Strategic Command said Wednesday that America needs to step up its game in monitoring the orbital debris that's up there and planning to avoid collisions with valuable satellites.
... already untidy mass of orbital debris littering low-Earth orbit nearly got nastier last month when collision was averted ...
Orbiting debris could be destroyed in space age bonfire if new experiment succeedsBritish scientists have unveiled ... shuttle and the International Space Station, which have to alter their orbits occasionally to avoid a direct hit.Researchers ...
... on outer space, calling for more international and private sector cooperation on exploration, climate change and orbiting debris ...
