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International Space Station fires thrusters to avoid Chinese rocket debris
The International Space Station (ISS) executed evasive maneuvers Wednesday evening (April 30) to avoid a piece of passing ...
Deploying a practical solution to space debris
At this moment, there are approximately 35,000 tracked human-generated objects in orbit around Earth. Of these, only about ...
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May Space Station and Space Debris
Weather permitting, the International Space Station will be making some nicely visible evening and early morning passes ...
'1.2 million fragments...': Over 50,000 large space debris pieces now orbit Earth as Kessler Syndrome edges closer to reality
Every launch into Earth’s orbit now adds to a dangerous congestion of junk, making space less navigable by the year. Despite ...
Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in
Thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit could create a doom loop of dangerous debris and Julia Musto details the problem ...
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Eerie ISS photo shows just how far space station has come as Elon Musk readies to destroy it
The International Space Station has grown massively since it first began its orbit, and it's set to be decommissioned by Elon ...
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WPI Student Jackie Edwards Focuses on Cleaning Up Space Debris
To clean up hazardous space debris orbiting the Earth, a group of students that includes Jackie Edwards ’25 is developing ...
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Will A Gigantic Chunk Of Russian Space Junk Smash Into Texas?
Humans are interstellar litterbugs and we've left a ton of space junk floating around in space. Sometimes it comes back to us ...
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Space Station News
Apr. 2, 2025 — Miso is a traditional Japanese condiment made by fermenting cooked soybeans and salt. Researchers successfully made miso on the International Space Station (ISS). They found that ...