According to NASA, debris orbiting in space can travel up to 15 kilometers per second, which is nearly 10 times faster than ...

MERIDIAN (dpa-AFX) - In a first, the Federal Communications Commission or FCC has issued a penalty related to space debris to Dish Network Corp. for failure to properly deorbit its EchoStar-7 ...

Special offer: Complimentary Access to PopSci+ for a limited time » ISS astronauts lost the crew lock bag during a seven-hour spacewalk. Thankfully, it only contained tethers and tool sockets.

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From ...

(NEXSTAR) — Have you ever been gazing at the night sky and caught a glimpse of something that must surely be a star or space anomaly, only to find out it’s a satellite? You certainly aren’t ...

There are millions of pieces of space junk orbiting Earth these days, so what’s one more bit of detritus amidst the trash cloud? According to NASA’s recent spacewalk debriefing, International ...

(NEXSTAR) — Have you ever been gazing at the night sky and caught a glimpse of something that must surely be a star or space anomaly, only to find out it’s a satellite? You certainly aren’t ...

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From ...

There are millions of pieces of space junk orbiting Earth these days, so what’s one more bit of detritus amidst the trash cloud? According to NASA’s recent spacewalk debriefing, International Space ...

Spacefaring countries have for decades been sending thousands upon thousands of satellites and other objects into orbit, where they have become an integral component of modern society. From ...