Archives for the 'space debris' Category
Lunar Space Debris
Published on 28 Oct 2008 at 8:52 pm.
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From the time that the first satellite was placed into orbit around the Earth, we have had space debris. The rocket that launched Sputnik also orbited Earth. Every launch creates more debris. Old satellites still orbit Earth. In the early days, when satellites needed to use cameras to image Earth, they […]
Shuttle Parts Falling Off?
Published on 13 Jun 2008 at 12:07 pm.
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A little while ago, I read a report that caught my attention. Apparently, astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery have reported something floating away from the orbiter. Not long afterwards, astronauts spotted what appeared to be a small protrusion from the aft end of the orbiter’s tail. The NASA image below shows […]
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Yet more space debris
Published on 25 Feb 2007 at 3:51 pm.
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Several months ago, I posted about the increasing problem of space debris. Well, it just keeps increasing. Already this year, the number of pieces of space debris has increased by nearly 20% over what it was at the end of last year! Worse, most of that came as a result of two […]
Atlantis struck by space debris?
Published on 10 Oct 2006 at 12:51 am.
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Filed under NASA, space debris, space exploration, space shuttle.
Last month, I did a posting on space debris. Towards the end of the post, I mentioned that NASA had seen something floating away from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Well, now I have more to report. It appears that something apparently struck Atlantis while in orbit, though this incident appears to be […]
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Orbital Debris
Published on 19 Sep 2006 at 4:54 pm.
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The Space Shuttle Atlantis is returning to Earth from a trip to the International Space Station. On this mission, they added more components to the station. However, on two occasions, bolts that were to hold components together drifted away from the astronauts. These bolts now are in orbit around the Earth. […]
