In 2025, NASA and its international partners celebrate 25 years of continuous human presence aboard the International Space Station. Since November 2, 2000, more than […]
Tag: Space debris
Massive Boulders Ejected by DART Mission Could Complicate Future Asteroid Deflection
When NASA’s DART spacecraft smashed into the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022, it was more than proof that a kinetic impactor can nudge the orbit […]
Meet the Johnson CLPS Team Supporting NASA’s Lunar Exploration Goals
As part of NASA’s Artemis campaign, the Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative, managed out of Johnson Space Center in Houston, is paving the way […]
Alpha Centauri May Have Sent Millions of Asteroids into the Solar System
A significant number of asteroids originating from Alpha Centauri could be present in the solar system, as suggested by a recent study. The research indicates […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 Scientific Mission on Space Station Concludes
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission with agency astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Suni Williams, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov is preparing to return to Earth […]
Science in Orbit: Results Published on Space Station Research in 2024
NASA and its international partners have hosted research experiments and fostered collaboration aboard the International Space Station for over 25 years. More than 4,000 investigations […]
Robot Gets a Grip – NASA
Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a “capture cube” in this image from Feb. 4, 2025. The experimental grippers demonstrated […]
Tesla Roadster Mistakenly Classified as Near-Earth Asteroid
A near-Earth object recently classified as an asteroid has been identified as Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster, which was launched into space in 2018 aboard a […]
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India Delays First Space Docking Test of SpaDeX Satellites Until January 9, Requires ‘Further Validation’
India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has postponed its first-ever attempt at space docking mission to January 9, 2025, citing the need for additional validation. The […]
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Space Debris Crashes in Kenyan Village, Suspected Rocket Stage Part Identified
A large metallic fragment, described as an 8-foot-wide ring weighing around 500 kilograms, crashed into Mukuku village, Makueni County, Kenya, on December 30. The object, […]
