NASA aims to save a sinking space telescope with a rendezvous in orbit

NASA on Tuesday plans to launch a mission to save its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory. A spacecraft is expected to push the ...
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13,000 tonnes of space junk clutters Earth orbit. Here’s how it could be cleaned up

Seventy years ago, Earth had only one satellite: the Moon. Now it has more than 15,000 – about 10,000 of which are owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The world’s first trillionaire plans to launch one ...
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What happens if Earth’s orbit becomes full of space junk?

With every rocket we launch into the Earth’s orbit, we’re trapping ourselves on our own planet. Wait, how could sending rockets into space put an end to space exploration? And how dangerous would it ...
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Earth orbit is getting crowded. Can this map of 1 million routes around our planet help prevent satellite collisions?

"You can try to predict the lifetime of the orbit." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Space is getting crowded — nowadays, over ...

Space Force Ordered a Satellite Launch—and Had It in Orbit 17 Hours Later

The Victus Haze spacecraft lifted off on board an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s launch site in Mahia, New Zealand, on ...