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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 (video)
SpaceX sent another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast this morning (May 10), its ...
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 ...
SpaceX sends more Starlink satellites into low-Earth orbit
This mission is the 470th Falcon 9 rocket launch, and its cargo will be added to the over 7,300 Starlink satellites already ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)
A Falcon 9 rocket launched SpaceX 's Starlink 6-93 mission Tuesday night (May 6) from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...