Space is no longer the empty, boundless frontier scientists observed during the early days of exploration. Today, Earth’s orbits are…
Browsing: Space Debris | 2025
As the risk from space debris grows, the United States and its allies must focus on adapting to a more…
Spacefaring nations have been working since 2002 to reduce the risk space junk poses to the satellites that enable modern…
It’s cold, dark and isolated here, with dead satellites scattered across the vastness. This is where spacecraft are shunted off…
The possibility of refueling satellites on orbit, once the stuff of science fiction, soon could become a reality as companies…
The Top 10 list of the worst breakups in space, those that generated the most debris, consists of two widely…
With the rapid growth of satellite launches and commercial ventures such as Starlink and OneWeb, technological advancements have soared. But…
When the Outer Space Treaty was signed in 1967 to establish international guidelines for policing ventures in space, only two…
Anthony J. Mastalir led the effort to establish U.S. Space Force as a key component of the Pentagon’s geographic combatant…