Wyo., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., led their colleagues in introducing the Orbital Sustainability (ORBITS) Act to create a first-of-its-kind program to reduce the ...

From robot arms with gripping tentacles to experimental space materials, Dragon’s latest splashdown brings back tech that ...

The United States, Russia and China are responsible for 96% of orbital debris. Each nation has contributed about a third of the debris. Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them.

To manage the hazards of orbital debris, we will need continuous monitoring and improved tracking technology alongside deliberate efforts to minimise the amount of debris. Most satellites are much ...

Luckily, orbital debris mitigation efforts are gaining steam. In 2023, ESA created the Zero Debris Charter to encourage others to become debris-neutral by 2030. So far, the charter has been signed ...

A new Japanese mission to photograph space junk from orbit marks a milestone in orbital debris cleanup efforts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Old rockets, decaying spacecraft and human operations in space leave behind orbital debris that increasingly threatens collisions, menacing a growing space economy. A decade ago the film Gravity ...

NASA had instituted its Orbital Debris Program in 1979 to find ways to create less orbital debris and design equipment to track and remove existing debris. Currently, the sixth U.S. Armed forces ...

This talk will focus on two specific applications: 1. the design of new technologies to detect orbital debris and 2. the evolution of asteroid surfaces. Small (sub-cm) orbital debris poses a serious ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC or Commission) remains committed to its new rules for the mitigation of orbital debris. Earlier this month, Commissioners voted unanimously to approve an ...

Credit: FCC webcast WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission has clarified, but not altered, rules to mitigate orbital debris. The five FCC commissioners voted unanimously during a Jan ...