Robot grippers could be used to remove space debris
Blue tentacle-like arms attached to an Astrobee free-flying robot grab onto a "capture cube" in this image from Feb. 4, 2025.
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Do the International Space Station Windows Need Cleaning? Here’s how astronauts do it
Your house windows need much more cleaning than the windows on the International Space Station (ISS). There’s simply not ...
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OMG! Too Much of Space Junk
Humans are littering space with thousands of satellites, which pose a risk to climate and the environment, space ...
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‘Space junk’ will become more of a problem for Earthlings, but a single mission to fetch just 1 craft costs $123 million
Any debris created by damaged satellites measuring larger than 1 cm can pose huge threats to other active, low-orbiting ...
Growing risk of ‘catastrophic’ collisions between planes and thousands of rockets dumped in space, experts warn
SPACE debris raining down on Earth is increasingly at risk of causing “catastrophic” collisions with aircraft, a damning new ...
The runaway debris threat to space technology | FT Tech
Our exploitation and exploration of space has left 13,000 tonnes of junk orbiting Earth. Defunct craft and larger pieces of debris are also colliding, adding to the millions of smaller fragments which ...
Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...
Possible space debris spotted in Mid-Michigan sky
Any time you see something falling through the sky, like leaving that trail of light, whether it’s space junk or a meteor ...