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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Alleged Earth satellite of extraterrestrial origin For the British rocket program, see Black Knight (rocket). 1998 NASA photo of space debris, an object believed by some conspiracy theorists to be an extraterrestrial satellite, the Black Knight GIF of the six images taken of the space ...
Nasa estimates there are more than 6,000 tonnes of space debris in orbit at the moment. There are many different estimates about the chances of such junk hitting someone, but most are in the one ...
Space debris includes a glove lost by astronaut Ed White on the first American space-walk (EVA), a camera lost by Michael Collins near Gemini 10, a thermal blanket lost during STS-88, garbage bags jettisoned by Soviet cosmonauts during Mir's 15-year life, [79] a wrench, and a toothbrush. [80] Sunita Williams of STS-116 lost a camera during an EVA.
This picture taken on Jan. 2, 2016 shows a metal ball that landed in the northern province of Tuyen Quang in Vietnam. Three large metal balls believed to be space junk landed in the country's ...
Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space, according to new research. While the probability of space junk striking an ...
The larger piece of space debris had carbon fiber composite and honeycomb structure, weighing nearly 100 pounds (45 kg). It was part of the Axiom 3 Dragon trunk section that reentered on 26 February over that region. [57] [58] On 21 May 2024, a fragment of reentered space debris was found in Haywood County (North Carolina, US). The charred ...
The issue of space junk has risen in tandem with increased spatial traffic. Kenya Space Agency (KSA) said the object, a metallic ring roughly 8 feet in diameter and weighing some 1,100 pounds, ...
As of 2012 there were an estimated 500,000 pieces of debris in orbit, [4] with 300,000 pieces below 2000 km . [1] Of the total, about 20,000 are tracked. [ 1 ] Also, about sixteen old Soviet nuclear space reactors are known to have released an estimated 100,000 NaK liquid metal coolant droplets 800–900 km up, [ 5 ] which range in size from 1 ...