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Soviet-era spacecraft hits ocean after 50 years in orbit
A Soviet-area spacecraft that orbited Earth for more than 50 years crashed into the Indian Ocean on Saturday, Russian ...
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SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida
SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast this morning (May 10), its ...
Outer Space around earth is already pretty crowded. Tech firms are racing to pack even more satellites in
Thousands of satellites in low-Earth orbit could create a doom loop of dangerous debris and Julia Musto details the problem ...
SpaceX sends more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
May 6 (UPI) -- SpaceX launched a new group of Starlink V2 Mini satellites into low-Earth orbit Tuesday night. The 28 devices ...
A failed Soviet Venus probe is falling to Earth, and an astronomer will attempt to catch it on camera on May 9
The Virtual Telescope Project aims to observe the anticipated reentry of the former Soviet Union's Cosmos 482 spacecraft as ...
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Earth's orbit is filling up with junk. Greenhouse gases are making the problem worse.
All the excess carbon dioxide generated by people burning fossil fuels is shrinking the upper atmosphere, exacerbating the problem with space junk, Grist explains. New research, published in Nature ...
Forgotten Soviet Venus mission ends with a bang as doomed spacecraft plummets to Earth after 50 years adrift in orbit
After 50 years, the Soviet Union's Kosmos 482 Descent Craft, intended for Venus, made an uncontrolled re-entry into Earth's ...
How To Track Soviet Satellite As It Plummets to Earth
A derelict Soviet-era spacecraft known as Kosmos 482 is set to hurtle back toward Earth after more than five decades in orbit ...