Lopez is president of the US branch of Astroscale, a Japanese company competing for market share in the emerging field of orbital debris removal. “In the Gold Rush, it was the folks that made ...

New data analysis indicates that NASA and its partners could have more cost-effective methods for dealing with the growing issue of orbital debris than previously thought. A new report from NASA's ...

Thousands of pieces of space debris, also known as space junk, are orbiting Earth, with tons more added each year. This orbital debris poses a significant threat to satellites, spacecraft, ...

Spacecrafts, spent rocket boosters and even astronauts' lost tool bags can combine with old satellites to create a halo of orbital debris that lasts for decades. The risk of all these new objects ...

More than 1,500 pieces of trackable orbital debris were generated after the Russian government tested anti-satellite missiles against one of its own satellites in 2021, which could later generate ...

Spacecrafts, spent rocket boosters and even astronauts' lost tool bags can combine with old satellites to create a halo of orbital debris that lasts for decades. Since the dawn of the space age in ...

The space agency announced yesterday that it would be funding three proposals from various universities to better understand orbital debris and sustainability in space. Orbital debris is one of ...

based startup has won a contract from NASA to look into an even more ambitious project to inspect orbital debris up close. The newly announced study contract follows up on earlier work that ...

At this lower altitude, it could pose orbital debris concerns. FCC Enforcement Bureau Chief Loyaan Egal called the consent decree "a breakthrough settlement, making very clear the FCC has strong ...