A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk. The US Federal Aviation Administration Wednesday released a proposal to limit the uncontrolled reentry of a launch vehicle’s upper stage — the part of …
A massive Chinese rocket booster is headed for an uncontrolled fall through the atmosphere Friday, sparking concerns that pieces of the giant vehicle could crash to Earth. It’s the fourth time in two years a large Chinese rocket has headed …
An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to the devices that transmit texts, maps, videos and scientific data, industry sources said. Thousands of new satellites are being launched …
On Feb. 15, a 13,000-ton rock plunged through the skies above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It shone 30 times brighter than the sun, and hurtled at 42,000 miles per hour toward a city of more than a million people. As the rock …