Latest about space junk
Mysterious object that crashed through Florida home was likely space junk from the International Space Station
The mysterious cylinder crashed through the home of Alejandro Otero on March 8.
Chinese space junk falls to Earth over Southern California, creating spectacular fireball (photos, video)
A big piece of Chinese space junk fell to Earth over Southern California early Tuesday morning (April 2), putting on quite a show for observers in the Golden State.
Big, dead satellite's crash was a space-junk wakeup call, experts say
The uncontrolled reentry of the European Space Agency's defunct ERS-2 satellite was a reminder that operators should plan out the safe demise of their spacecraft.
Near miss! NASA satellite, dead Russian spacecraft zoom past each other in orbit
NASA's TIMED Earth-observation satellite and a dead Russian spacecraft nearly slammed into one another high above our heads this morning (Feb. 28).
Dead, 5,000-pound satellite is falling to Earth today. Will any debris survive the fiery reentry?
A European Space Agency spacecraft is making an uncontrolled nosedive into Earth's atmosphere – with elements of the 2.3-ton spent satellite likely to survive the plunge into purgatory.
Rocket Lab launches ADRAS-J space junk inspection satellite for Astroscale (video)
Rocket Lab will launch an ambitious space-junk inspection mission for the Japanese company Astroscale this morning (Feb. 18), and you can watch the action live.
SpaceX deorbiting 100 older Starlink satellites to 'keep space safe and sustainable'
SpaceX announced it will deorbit 100 of its first-generation Starlink satellites in order to lower the number of spacecraft that might fail and become non-maneuverable.
Big, dead European satellite will crash back to Earth this month
The European Space Agency's defunct ERS-2 spacecraft will fall into Earth's atmosphere in a week or so, in a death dive that its handlers will monitor carefully.
