Video simulations of Russian BLITS satellite orbiting Earth and then being struck by debris from the Chinese Fengyun 1C Russia's really getting beat up on lately. First the fireball and now one of its ...
Once something gets into the Earth's orbit it tends to stay there, even after its useful life has ended. That has led to the collection of vast amounts of space junk surrounding our planet and more ...
The International Space Station had to fire thrusters from a docked spacecraft last month to avoid a piece of debris that has ...