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Rocket Debris Fall On Sheep Farm In Australia, Loud Bang Heard By Locals: Report
Days before pieces of what is believed to be a Chinese rocket fall on Earth, parts of space junk were found at a sheep farm in Australia.
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Scientists Calculate the Risk of Someone Being Killed by Space Junk
Space debris has been known to cause injury and damage to property, even though no one is known to have died from an accident involving “space junk”. However, with the increasing number of satellites, rockets and probes being launched into space, researchers have investigated the risk of someone being killed by space debris. Here’s what they ...
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Abandoned Rocket Debris May Have Crashed Into Far Side of Moon; Scientists Hope to Confirm in Coming Days
The state of a three-tonne discarded rocket part that should have crashed into the far side of the Moon by now is not known, say astronomers. Scientists had expected the rocket part to hit the lunar surface on Friday at a speed exceeding 8,800kmph, dig out a small crater, and create a plume of smoke. But there have been no such signs so far.
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SpaceX Rocket Junk on Course to Hit the Moon, Astronomers Predict
A part of a SpaceX rocket that was deployed in 2015 to put into orbit a NASA satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) and later abandoned will crash into the Moon in March, experts say.
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Space Fuel Station: International Effort Underway to Turn Space Junk Into Rocket Fuel in Space
There is a growing amount of space debris, comprising everything from dead spacecraft and spent rocket parts to the junk created by anti-satellite tests. This junk is whizzing around at incredible speeds, posing a serious threat to communications satellites and the International Space Station (ISS).
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Rocket Debris Fall On Sheep Farm In Australia, Loud Bang Heard By Locals: Report
Days before pieces of what is believed to be a Chinese rocket fall on Earth, parts of space junk were found at a sheep farm in Australia.
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Scientists Calculate the Risk of Someone Being Killed by Space Junk
Space debris has been known to cause injury and damage to property, even though no one is known to have died from an accident involving “space junk”. However, with the increasing number of satellites, rockets and probes being launched into space, researchers have investigated the risk of someone being killed by space debris. Here’s what they ...
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Abandoned Rocket Debris May Have Crashed Into Far Side of Moon; Scientists Hope to Confirm in Coming Days
The state of a three-tonne discarded rocket part that should have crashed into the far side of the Moon by now is not known, say astronomers. Scientists had expected the rocket part to hit the lunar surface on Friday at a speed exceeding 8,800kmph, dig out a small crater, and create a plume of smoke. But there have been no such signs so far.
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SpaceX Rocket Junk on Course to Hit the Moon, Astronomers Predict
A part of a SpaceX rocket that was deployed in 2015 to put into orbit a NASA satellite called the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) and later abandoned will crash into the Moon in March, experts say.
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Space Fuel Station: International Effort Underway to Turn Space Junk Into Rocket Fuel in Space
There is a growing amount of space debris, comprising everything from dead spacecraft and spent rocket parts to the junk created by anti-satellite tests. This junk is whizzing around at incredible speeds, posing a serious threat to communications satellites and the International Space Station (ISS).
