Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

NASA is testing new robot grippers that could one day remove space debris and help repair satellites in Earth’s orbit. On ...

Any debris created by damaged satellites measuring larger than 1 cm can pose huge threats to other active, low-orbiting ...

Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025.

Your house windows need much more cleaning than the windows on the International Space Station (ISS). There’s simply not ...

The International Space Station (ISS) is a science laboratory located in the Earth's orbit, which flies some 240 miles above Earth's surface at 17,500 miles an hour. The ISS is the work of five space ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has the increasing potential to disrupt air travel, if affected ...

The experimental grippers demonstrated autonomous detection and capture techniques that may be used to remove space debris and ... for use inside the International Space Station.

B.C. researchers have found there is a 26 per cent chance space junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy ...

This undated photo provided by NASA shows a recovered chunk of space junk from equipment discarded at the International Space Station. The cylindrical object that tore through a home in Naples, Fla., ...

Wiśniewski, Polish engineer and current ESA astronaut slated to travel to the ISS on the private Axiom Mission 4.