Researchers calculated both the odds of falling rocket debris disrupting air travel, but also colliding with an aircraft ...

Space junk is a major threat with millions of debris pieces now in orbit. Risks range from minor collisions reducing the ...

You might think the odds of a piece of space junk crashing down to Planet Earth and hitting you are incredibly small - or ...

Some high-density airspace regions could have as high as a 26% of being affected by an uncontrolled rocket body reentry.

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth could pose an increased threat of striking aircraft as it falls from space, ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk ... Analysis of the academic work posted by Space.com cited an example from as recently as last month, when a SpaceX spacecraft ...

Large, uncontrolled space junk reentering Earth's atmosphere has ... huge pieces can remain intact. He raised an example from early last year, after NASA allowed equipment from the International ...

For example, the events can lead to airspace ... but he said this is the first time he’s aware of its use for tracking space debris. Fernando first tested the idea to track the controlled ...

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 ...

Rocket bodies tend to be massive and heat resistant, posing an increased risk. Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space ...