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myjob
Freewriters
1y
5 minute freewrite 2915 prompt space, man
5 minute freewrite 2915 prompt space, man
space junk fell this morning
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kiwithinker
STEMSpace
1y
Large Space Stations At Risk From Space Junk
Large Space Stations At Risk From Space Junk
Large Space Stations At Risk From Space Junk
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zathras
newslink
7y
Newslink: Meet OSCaR: Tiny Cubesat Would Clean Up Space Junk
Newslink: Meet OSCaR: Tiny Cubesat Would Clean Up Space Junk
A little spacecraft could soon make a big contribution in the fight against space junk. Researchers are developing a cleanup cubesat called OSCaR (Obsolete Spacecraft Capture and Removal), which would
zathras
newslink
7y
Newslink: A Communications Satellite Just Died in Orbit. It's Potentially Dangerous Space Junk Now
Newslink: A Communications Satellite Just Died in Orbit. It's Potentially Dangerous Space Junk Now
Luxembourg-based Intelsat reports that its Intelsat 29E satellite (IS-29E) is now a total loss, after having reported earlier that the spacecraft suffered an anomaly. Late on April 7, the Intelsat 29e
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Changing How We Build Satellites Could Do More Than Reduce Space Junk
Newslink: Changing How We Build Satellites Could Do More Than Reduce Space Junk
"Space is for everyone" is a popular saying, but it rarely holds true — partly because space is expensive, and partly because certain countries have decades of a head start and established procedures
nataboo
dlike
8y
NASA's asteroid chaser gets first glimpse of potentially hazardous target
NASA's asteroid chaser gets first glimpse of potentially hazardous target
Brightening Bennu brought to you by barnstorming OSIRIS-REx as NASA readies for sample retrieval mission. Source of shared Link
answerswithjoe
spacejunk
8y
Space Junk: It's Much Worse Than You Think | Answers With Joe
Space Junk: It's Much Worse Than You Think | Answers With Joe
We've put a lot of things in space over the last 60 years. It's time we got some of that down.
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Watch a Satellite Net a Cubesat in Awesome Space Junk Cleanup Test
Newslink: Watch a Satellite Net a Cubesat in Awesome Space Junk Cleanup Test
A satellite in space has fired a net at a target to test active space-junk-cleanup technology, and the video is amazing.
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Europe's Ice-Watching Satellite Dodges Space Junk in Orbit
Newslink: Europe's Ice-Watching Satellite Dodges Space Junk in Orbit
The European Space Agency nudged one of its satellites from its normal orbit this week to avoid a potential collision with space junk, soaring almost 400 feet above the risky object. But now, the agency
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: 1st Satellite Built to Harpoon Space Junk for Disposal Begins Test Flight
Newslink: 1st Satellite Built to Harpoon Space Junk for Disposal Begins Test Flight
The first spacecraft to demonstrate active space debris-removal technologies — such as a harpoon, a net and a drag sail — in orbit has been released from the International Space Station to commence its
sauravrungta
space
8y
How Do We Get Rid of 500,000 Pieces of Space Junk?
How Do We Get Rid of 500,000 Pieces of Space Junk?
Wherever we humans go, we definitely leave our signs of being there behind. In the very ecosystem, you may or may not find signs of a lion, for example, but you will somehow find signs of the human race,
zathras
newslink
8y
Newslink: Russia Wants to Blast Space Junk with Laser Cannon
Newslink: Russia Wants to Blast Space Junk with Laser Cannon
Russia's space agency is developing a novel method for dealing with space junk: vaporizing it with lasers.
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: This Space Junk Removal Experiment Will Harpoon & Net Debris in Orbit
Newslink: This Space Junk Removal Experiment Will Harpoon & Net Debris in Orbit
The first experiment designed to demonstrate active space debris removal in orbit has just reached the International Space Station aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule.
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: After Tiangong-1, What Are the Next Big Pieces of Space Junk to Crash to Earth?
Newslink: After Tiangong-1, What Are the Next Big Pieces of Space Junk to Crash to Earth?
The Chinese experimental space station Tiangong-1 fell to Earth on Sunday (April 1). But hundreds of thousands of pieces of space junk still circle Earth, and a few of them will crash soon, experts said.
infiniteplane
spacejunk
9y
LIFE FOLLOWS ART WITH SPACE JUNK ARMAGEDDON, by Arthur Franklin
LIFE FOLLOWS ART WITH SPACE JUNK ARMAGEDDON, by Arthur Franklin
"Satelltes from the Western Nations are colliding with those from the Russia, whose satellites are going the wrong way. What first seems an accident, then a few isolated incidents, becomes Hell on
steevc
space
9y
Duck!
Duck!
China's space station will fall out of space this week. They lost control of it some time ago, so it's uncertain where it will fall, but it's most likely to be in the ocean. I remember when Skylab dropped
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: High-Tech Harpoon Could Help Clean Up Space Junk
Newslink: High-Tech Harpoon Could Help Clean Up Space Junk
A space harpoon test went off without a hitch in a lab of European aerospace company Airbus recently, suggesting that the technology could be on track to help clean up the ever-growing cloud of orbiting
h1305154611
science
9y
Launch the tesla roadster will eventually break down who to deal with space junk?
Launch the tesla roadster will eventually break down who to deal with space junk?
According to the BBC website, is full of space junk near-earth orbit sizes and quantity
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: This Ultrathin Craft Could Soon Envelop and Destroy Space Junk
Newslink: This Ultrathin Craft Could Soon Envelop and Destroy Space Junk
At least 500,000 pieces of space debris threaten satellites and astronauts, but a California-based company says it has a new approach for taking out the garbage.
zathras
newslink
9y
Newslink: Longer-Lasting Coronal Holes and Space Junk During Solar Minimum (Video)
Newslink: Longer-Lasting Coronal Holes and Space Junk During Solar Minimum (Video)
Coronal holes on the Sun and space junk can be "long-lived" when sunspot activity drops to the low point of the 11-year solar cycle.

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