World-first Space Debris removal mission
ESA commissions world’s first space debris removal to launch in 2025.
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Space Debris from 1957 – 2015
Almost 20,000 pieces of space debris are currently orbiting the Earth. This visualisation, shows how the amount increased from 1957 to our days…
NASA Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
NASA confirms DART mission impact changed asteroid’s motion in space.
Little Octopus was found among the debris
Researchers came across this beautiful little octopus, that was found among the debris.
Remove Debris NET Experiment
In the video highlights from the first part of the Remove Debris mission, including the first footage of the Net experiment successfully capturing the deployed Cubesat.
China planning to destroy Space Junk with Lasers
Scientists in China planning to destroy space debris with an orbit-based laser station.
All about Space Junk – infographic
Space junk: The pollution problem (a new one) of tomorrow. Here’s everything you need to know, in this infographic…
Trash-Collecting Spacecraft
Trash-collecting spacecraft will spread giant nets to grab space junk.
BEAM Expandable Module successfully installed to the Space Station
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, attached to the International Space Station early on April 16, 2016.
Spectacular breakup of Spacecraft re-entries
Spectacular breakup of WT1190F spacecraft re-entries, as seen by Airborne Astronomers that studied the approximately 1-meter piece of space debris, near Sri Lanka, over the Indian Ocean, on 2015