Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...

As more spacecraft are launched, the risk increases that uncontrolled space debris - those without active guidance - will ...

including the installation of space debris protection devices and inspecting the exterior of the space station. It was the second time the pair have embarked on a spacewalk. Their previous EVA ...

He said: “While the probability of being hit by a falling piece of space debris is very low currently, with over 36,000 objects (and rising) bigger than a phone in orbit the probabilities will ...

After a tiny fleck of debris hit Sentinel-1A, the ESA announced that it was time to get serious about removing and preventing the accumulation of space junk. Space agencies began to toy with the ...

SpaceX said they were likely to have broken off from a Dragon spacecraft returning to Earth from the International Space Station ... s property being hit by space debris,” said Fernando.

He explained: "While the probability of being hit by a falling piece of space debris is very low currently, with over 36,000 objects (and rising) bigger than a phone in orbit the probabilities ...

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PARIS: It is still not clear what exactly fell onto a Kenyan village last month, but such events are likely to become increasingly common given the amount of space debris drifting above the planet.