The goal was to make sure the orbiting complex dodged a potentially dangerous piece of space junk. "The Pre-determined Debris Avoidance Maneuver (PDAM) was conducted in coordination with NASA ...

to move it well out of the way of approaching space debris, NASA reported. Station operators fired the thrusters on the docked Progress 89 spacecraft for just over five minutes to raise the orbit ...

The International Space Station (ISS) had to steer clear of a piece of space junk on Monday — the second such maneuver that the orbital outpost has had to make in a week. “The ISS is orbiting ...

NASA says that the International Space Station (ISS) shifted its orbit on Tuesday to avoid a piece of debris. The debris avoidance maneuver involved firing thrusters on the ISS at 2:09 p.m. CT for ...

Astronomers later confirmed that the fireballs were space debris from the orbital module of a Chinese spacecraft called Shenzhou-15, first launched in November 2022. The spacecraft’s ...

It affects astronomers’ ability to conduct science. Space debris can also damage people and property, with rare instances of space debris falling on homes on the rise. On a much larger scale ...

As Dr. Nilton Renno at the University of Michigan explains it, a lot of space junk is moving at “the order of 10 km/s (~22,000 mph), much faster than a rifle bullet, for example... therefore a ...

Since Elon Musk sent a Tesla Roadster in space in 2018, cars made on Earth by humans have made their entrance onto the intergalactic stage. For all you alien readers out there, we created this ...

The research analysis finds microgravity can ... Laser Measurements to Track Space Debris and Observe Water Masses Oct. 30, 2024 — More accurate orbit predictions for satellites and space debris ...

By Katrina Miller The shower forms from the debris of an asteroid and peaks this ... a rocket launch or any other astronomical and space event that’s out of this world. People all over North ...