In the vast expanse of space, satellites and astronauts are constantly exposed to a perilous threat: space debris. These tiny particles, often traveling at speeds upwards of16,000 mph, can cause ...

A metro Atlanta startup has invented a new type of space debris shield to protect critical infrastructure on spacecraft, the company announced Thursday. Space Armor is the latest offering from ...

A pair of taikonauts have completed their first spacewalk aboard China's Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA). Two Shenzhou-20 crewmembers performed the mission's ...

A large cloud of tiny fragments revolves around Earth following satellite explosions, rocket stage malfunctions, and anti-satellite missile testing. These fragments—some as small as grains of ...

"Do we react for everything which has a chance to reach the ground? Or do we react only for the very large objects, as we did ...

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A dead satellite can become a high-speed hazard in an orbit that is already packed with working spacecraft. That risk is why ...

WASHINGTON — Atomic-6, a composite materials manufacturer based in Marietta, Georgia, believes it has found a lighter, more resilient alternative to traditional satellite shielding. Following ...

You hate to see it, but the International Space Station can't stay in low-Earth orbit forever. It's set to burn up and splash down somewhere in the South Pacific in the early 2030s, but something has ...

One person's trash is another person's treasure, unless, of course, you're talking about space debris, since it's too tough to acquire without a shuttle or a spaceship. That's a shame because space ...

China’s human spaceflight agency has delayed the return of the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft and its crew from the country’s space station, Tiangong, after a possible debris impact. It is not yet clear when ...