China closely tracking debris of its most powerful rocket
Beijing, ChinaReuters Remnants of a large, newly launched Chinese rocket are expected to streak back through the atmosphere this coming weekend in an uncontrolled re-entry the Beijing government said on Wednesday would be closely tracked but poses little risk to anyone on the ground. The Long March 5B rocket blasted off Sunday to deliver a […]
Essay: Destroyed Russian satellite creates yet more space debris to threaten the International Space Station
PIERRE OMALY, an expert in space debris at the French National Centre for Space Studies (CNES), looks – in an article first published on The Conversation – at the growing issue of debris in space…
Russian anti-satellite missile test endangers space station crew – NASA
Washington DC, USReuters An anti-satellite missile test Russia conducted on Monday generated a debris field in low-Earth orbit that endangered the International Space Station and will pose a hazard to space activities for years, US officials said. The seven-member space station crew – four US astronauts, a German astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts – were […]