Japan scientists test tether to clear up space junk

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 20:09

Japanese space scientists are set to trial a tether they hope will help pull junk out of orbit around Earth, clearing up tonnes of planetary clutter, they said Thursday.

US, Canada sign agreement to share data on space debris

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 06:58

The United States and Canada have signed an agreement to share data on orbiting space debris, asteroids and other hazards to space flight, the US military said on Friday.

ESA`s out-of-fuel GOCE satellite disintegrates after entering Earth`s atmosphere

Last Updated: Monday, November 11, 2013, 10:26

ESA`s GOCE satellite that re-entered Earth disintegrated in the high atmosphere.

European Space Agency satellite to break up late Sunday

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 12:09

Fragments from a science satellite are likely to crash to Earth late Sunday or early Monday after the one-tonne probe breaks up at the end of its mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday.

European Satellite to fall to Earth but no one is sure where it will land

Last Updated: Thursday, November 7, 2013, 11:04

A hi-tech satellite is set to fall to Earth after a successful mission but the exact crash site of the debris is yet to be determined.

Out-of-fuel European satellite to come crashing down

Last Updated: Saturday, October 19, 2013, 09:02

A satellite monitoring Earth`s gravity field since 2009 will run out of fuel "in the coming days" and eventually crash, with little risk to humans, the European Space Agency said today.

Space debris problem now urgent: Scientists

Last Updated: Friday, April 26, 2013, 09:38

Governments must start working urgently to remove orbital debris, which could become a catastrophic problem for satellites a few decades from now, a space science conference heard on Thursday.

Plans to clean up space debris underway

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 18:10

As space experts are meeting to try to solve the growing problem of space junk, British scientists have invented a harpoon that could punch a hole in space debris and send it crashing safely back down to Earth.

`Catastrophic` space debris collisions expected to rise

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 14:07

Some satellite orbits will become extremely hazardous over the next 200 years if space debris is not actively tackled, a new study has warned.

Plan to switch Space Station’s orbit dropped

Last Updated: Thursday, October 4, 2012, 10:00

Russia`s Mission Control Center announced that it dropped an earlier plan to move the International Space Station into a different orbit to avoid possible collision with space debris.

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.