What is the Kessler Syndrome? How space junk has become an orbital threat
All of this adds up to the likelihood, the ESA warns, that a theoretical scenario known as the Kessler Syndrome could become ...
With space junk clouding Earth’s orbit, are we barreling toward ‘Kessler Syndrome’?
The concept known as “Kessler Syndrome” was proposed nearly five decades ago. Experts weigh in on whether the space-based disaster scenario is already unfolding.
Earth's orbit is so crowded that space traffic controllers issue more than 1,000 collision ...
Satellites and chunks of space junk come close to colliding on a regular basis. The situation could get dangerously out of ...
What is Kessler Syndrome? The growing threat of space junk and its consequences
ESA warns that unchecked debris accumulation could lead to Kessler Syndrome, rendering space travel impossible in future.
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Space Junk or Treasure? Researchers Call for Preservation of Relics in Orbit
As humanity sends more and more missions to Mars, it's time to start documenting our space junk and artifacts, researchers ...
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Space is in the grip of Kessler Syndrome, thanks to growing debris
NASA identified space debris risks in the 1970s when Delta rocket explosions created shrapnel clouds. These incidents have ...
Space Station keeps dodging debris from China’s 2007 satellite weapon test
Close calls are becoming more common as low Earth orbit becomes more and more crowded with satellites and debris.
Chinese Satellite Burns Up, Drops Debris Over US
A defunct earth-imaging satellite made in China turned into a bright fireball over the weekend as it re-entered Earth's ...
Chinese Satellite Burns Up Over New Orleans, Creating Fireballs in the Sky
The imaging satellite was decommissioned two years ago and abandoned to burn up upon reentry through Earth's atmosphere.
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Watch: Dead Chinese satellite burns at 17,000 mph over US sky in a dramatic re-entry
The space junk in the spotlight is the fiery demise of a defunct Chinese commercial Earth-imaging satellite called Superview ...
Watch the space station send the first wooden satellite into orbit
NASA has released footage showing the first-ever wooden satellite being deployed to orbit in a study to test its ...
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ULA wants to upgrade Vulcan Centaur rocket into a 'space interceptor' to defend satellites
United Launch Alliance (ULA) says its new, powerful Vulcan Centaur upper stage rocket could play a key role in defending ...