Building collapses, 4 believed to have been trapped in debris

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 09:38

Four persons are believed to have been trapped inside the debris of a building, which collapsed in a residential area.

NASA cancels space debris avoidance manoeuvre

Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 20:49

NASA today cancelled a scheduled debris avoidance manoeuvre saying the remains from an Indian rocket body and a Russian satellite no longer pose a threat to the International Space Station.

ESA’s Clean Space aims to cut orbital debris

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 10, 2012, 22:01

ESA’s new Clean Space initiative is developing methods of preserving near-Earth space and the terrestrial environment from orbital debris.

Scientists unravel climate patterns from glacial debris

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 12:03

Scientists have developed a new diagnostic tool that will enable better understanding of global climate patterns.

`Plastic waste in ocean can harm environment`

Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 16:48

Tonnes of plastic waste that are shoved into the ocean could impact the environment, says a case study.

NASA to clear space junk with gas puffs

Last Updated: Friday, April 13, 2012, 21:36

NASA hopes to sweep away more than half a million pieces of space junk, adrift in the skies, with a radical solution.

Space junk threatens station astronauts

Last Updated: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 08:59

A discarded chunk of a Russian rocket is forcing six space station astronauts to seek shelter in escape capsules early Saturday.

NASA exploring ways to clean up space debris

Last Updated: Monday, March 12, 2012, 15:53

Space debris comes from asteroids, comets, meteorites and also defunct man-made space devices or their parts.

Swiss craft janitor satellites to grab space junk

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 18:54

Swiss scientists say they plan to launch a "janitor satellite" specially designed to get rid of orbiting debris known as space junk.

ISS moves up and out of way of debris

Last Updated: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 09:40

The International Space Station has moved up and out of the way of a softball-sized piece of space junk.

Russia says spacecraft may crash into Indian Ocean

Last Updated: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 08:59

Russia`s space agency predicts that the fragments of a failed Russian space probe`s could fall into the Indian Ocean, far away from any populated areas.