Both India and Russia have tested anti-satellite missiles by destroying their own satellites in orbit, creating new clouds of debris. As for old, inoperable spacecraft that are roaming loose in ...
The action has caused international outrage because the debris could threaten the International Space Station (ISS) and satellites in low-Earth orbit. Russia's test of an anti-satellite (A-Sat ...
The International Space Station has recently dodged space debris twice in six days, highlighting the increasing threat of ...
"The debris created by Russia's DA-ASAT will ... including a space-based test last year in which a Russian satellite released a projectile. The head of US Space Command said at the time that ...
The debris came from a defense meteorological satellite that broke apart in 2015, according to a NASA statement. To avoid any ...
That number has gone up since — the ISS dodged space junk twice in a week-long stretch in March 2023, for example — and it ...
A Russian Progress freighter docked to the ISS fired its thrusters Monday (Nov. 25) to dodge a piece of debris, the second ...
A Russian cargo ship docked at the space station fired its thrusters for five minutes Tuesday to move the ISS out of the way ...
On Tuesday, November 19, the International Space Station (ISS) conducted an evasive manoeuvre to avoid a potentially ...
In October 2022, the ISS also fired its thrusters for 5 minutes and 5 seconds to dodge a piece of debris from a Russian ...
Moscow threatens retaliation after the US allowed Ukraine to strike Russia, keeping alive its implied nuclear menace.