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The Risk of Space Junk Hitting Planes Is Rising in The Era of SpaceX
We've yet to see a falling piece of space debris strike an airplane, but if it happens, the consequences would almost ...
Sierra Space Dream Chaser 'mini shuttle' space plane tests continue toward May maiden flight
Wednesday, Sierra Space officials announced the spacecraft successfully completed and passed another round of test milestones ...
What it looks like to see a rocket launch from 40,000 feet
While rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center are routine, relatively few are timed optimally to allow for viewing so ...
Space debris is cluttering our orbit. Can falling space junk hit a plane?
A new paper by University of British Columbia researchers paints a stark picture of the risks of space debris on commercial ...
321 Launch: Space news you may have missed over the past week (Feb. 3)
The Falcon 9 lifted off at 5:05 p.m. EST from Launch Complex 40 on the Starlink 12-7 mission, which deployed 21 more satellites into the company's ever-growing internet constellation in low-Earth ...
Substantial chance that rocket debris will fall into busy flight path, researchers say
There is a one in four chance that a rocket debris could fall into a busy flight path, according to a new study. There is ...
Risk Of Falling Space Junk Hitting A Plane Is Only Increasing
Scientists predict that there are currently more than 30,000 pieces of space junk orbiting above the Earth, and some are ...
Is there a launch today? Upcoming SpaceX, NASA rocket launch schedule at Cape Canaveral
Will the 2025 launch total set another new record? Stay tuned. Crews at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and neighboring Cape ...
Growing risk of ‘catastrophic’ collisions between planes and thousands of rockets dumped in space, experts warn
SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket ...
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Growing risk of ‘catastrophic’ collisions between planes and thousands of rockets dumped in space, experts warn
SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing "catastrophic" collisions with aircraft, a damning new report has revealed. A sharp rise in the number of rocket launches has ...