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

A significant exception is that large pieces of the American space station Skylab did come ... Mars but instead got stuck in low Earth orbit, eventually falling back to Earth and crash landing ...

Uncontrolled space debris reentries are of growing concern. The prospect of leftovers from space hotfooting into the Earth's atmosphere ... space vehicle debris was falling or stopped aircraft ...

Air traffic controllers now have something new to worry about: space junk. A report warns the risk of parts ... Debris that suddenly fall to Earth from orbit is harder to monitor and control — ...

Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for ... operational risks" than those posed by the falling space debris. "The incident highlighted, among other things, a lack ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. There are more than 30,000 hunks of junk floating above Earth. Illustration: NASA Falling space junk has already disrupted air travel this year ...

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 ...

Space debris plummeting back to Earth could be a growing problem for ... operational risks" than those posed by the falling space debris. "The incident highlighted, among other things, a lack ...