The European Space Agency's short documentary film "Space Debris: Is it a Crisis?" on the state of space debris premiered at ...

Mathematical models, such as NASA’s Object Reentry Survival Analysis Tool and simplified general perturbations models, can be used to estimate the track of decaying orbital debris. History has ...

The W-3 mission is Rocket Lab's third for Varda. The first, W-1, was successfully completed in February 2024 and landed in the Utah desert, while the latest mission, W-2, was completed and laded in ...

The W-3 mission is Rocket Lab’s third for Varda. The first, W-1, was successfully completed in February 2024 and landed in the Utah desert, while the latest mission, W-2, was completed and ...

In 1995, NASA issued the first comprehensive set of orbital debris mitigation guidelines. Two years, later the U.S. government used these guidelines to develop the Orbital Debris Mitigation ...

Private yachts were moored nearby, and some of the biggest celebrities were in attendance as Saudi Arabia partially opened Neom, its ambitious $500 billion mega-city in the desert. The event was ...

then the debris environment will change too,” Parker said. “We show the long-term outlook on orbital debris is critically dependent on curbing our greenhouse gas emissions.” ...

Thermal mass is the ability of a material to absorb, store, and release heat. Used to moderate building temperatures by reducing fluctuations, the concept is crucial in improving energy efficiency ...

This self-cleaning mechanism helps clear old satellites and debris. However, if drag decreases due to a contracted thermosphere, outdated spacecraft remain aloft for decades, congesting key orbital ...

There are tens of thousands of plum-sized pieces of space junk that hit with the power of a crashing bus, according to The Aerospace Corporation, which monitors orbital debris. That junk includes ...

There are tens of thousands of plum-sized pieces of space junk that hit with the power of a crashing bus, according to The Aerospace Corporation, which monitors orbital debris. That junk includes ...