The problem of debris in Earth orbit is getting worse. According to the European Space Agency's (ESA) annual Space ...

It will be the first time a Space Force craft is refueled in orbit. Such a fuel shuttle could keep missions in space longer ...

Launch is scheduled for summer 2026. Astroscale's 660-pound (300 kilograms) APS-R Refueler spacecraft will head for the ...

A new space environment report from the ESA shows that Earth's space junk problem got significantly worse throughout 2024.

The ESA has published the Space Environment Report 2025. It warns that some orbits are becoming cramped and calls for the ...

The threat of an asteroid hitting Earth is always there, but the danger of falling space junk is growing into a crisis.

Ars Technica has mentioned SpinLaunch, the company that literally wants to yeet satellites into space, in previous Rocket ...

India's POEM-4 experiment module burned up and fell into the Indian Ocean to avoid becoming space debris. An Indian ...

A proposed mission seeks to retrieve Vanguard-1 and display it as an ancient relic of the space age.

The ESA hopes we'll someday treat Earth's orbit as an international nature preserve: 'What you bring in with you, you must ...

Where does all that space junk go? And what does climate change have to do with it? The answers are on this episode of The ...

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