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Florida shrimpers say their nets are pulling up space debris more often. Experts say it's possible, and the problem could get ...
Florida shrimpers claim they're catching rocket debris in their nets more often. Space experts say space companies do use the ocean to discard space debris, but they can't fully verify what they're ...
While SpaceX has hoped to launch Starship from Kennedy Space Center's Pad 39A by the end of the year, test flights from Texas ...
SpaceX's prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy test flight for the rocket central to billionaire Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars.
SpaceX is set Tuesday for the next test flight of its Starship megarocket -- the linchpin of founder Elon Musk's Mars ambitions -- after the vessel's last two outings ended ...
Sweeping cuts in Trump's proposed budget would target an ocean-monitoring system that scientists say is crucial to predicting ...
The plan: scoop up historically significant junk (looking at you, Vanguard 1) and toss it into a stable orbit where it can be admired by satellites and space tourists alike. It sounds ridiculous ...
LEXINGTON, N.C. — Human remains have been uncovered at Leonard Salvage Yard in Lexington, according to the Davidson County Sheriff's Office. Investigators were called to the business Wednesday ...
A small piece of outer space recreated in a basement in Glasgow could help ensure that a key enabling technology for future space missions won’t lead to deadly ‘rifle bullets’ of space junk circling ...
For 53 years, the spacecraft circled the planet, losing height slowly due to atmospheric drag. On Saturday, the probe re-entered Earth’s atmosphere. It fell into the Indian Ocean, around 560 kil ...
On Saturday, it came down over the Indian Ocean, according to Russia's space ... While this piece of space junk was unusual, McDowell says there's more to come. JONATHAN MCDOWELL: There's an ...
On Saturday, it came down over the Indian Ocean, according to Russia's space agency. MARTIN: Jonathan McDowell is an astronomer with the Center for Astrophysics. That's a collaboration between Harvard ...