Space Junk
A New Solution to the Space Junk Problem. Spacecraft with Plasma Beams to Force Space Junk to Burn Up
A Japanese-Australian team is developing a new way to remove space junk from orbit and sending it harmlessly towards Earth.
A Satellite With a Harpoon, Net and Drag Sail to Capture Space Junk is in Orbit and Will be Tested Soon
The RemoveDebris satellite, a spacecraft designed to remove junk from orbit, recently deployed from the ISS to begin demonstrating its…
Musk Says that SpaceX will use a Giant Party Balloon to Bring an Upper Stage Back. Wait, what?
Elon Musks hints in a tweet that SpaceX wants to use "giant party balloons" to retrieve upper stage rockets.
Tiangong-1 Splashes Down in the Pacific Ocean
According to a statement made by the US Air Force, the reentry of the Tiangong-1 was confirmed over the Pacific…
Did You Know That a Satellite Crashes Back to Earth About Once a Week, on Average?
According to the ESA's Space Debris Office, about 100 tonnes of space debris enters our atmosphere every year on average.
A New Kind of Propulsion System That Doesn’t Need Propellant. It Converts Electricity into Thrust and Vice Versa.
Long aluminum tethers attached to satellites could revolutionize satellite propulsion systems, and help eliminate space junk.
China Has a Plan to Clean Up Space Junk with Lasers
A new study by a team of Chinese researchers considers whether a space-based laser station would be a good way…