At the same time, NASA astronaut Don Pettit captured the launch in a long exposure from the International Space Station (ISS) some 250 miles above Earth. The result is a rocket-launch photo unlike ...

As the number of flights around the world grows and the amount of junk in space rises, the chances of a collision between the two is only increasing ...

This illustration shows ClearSpace-1 capturing the debris with robotic arms. The mission will aim to drag the rocket part down to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere. A circular space economy would ...

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