It sounds like something out of a cartoon. A chunk of metal separates from a rocket or satellite, reenters the atmosphere, and then plummets to Earth. It strikes whatever happens to be in its path ...

There's a 26% annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a UBC study. The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Falling space junk produced by rocket launches poses a risk to the aviation industry—with a roughly one-in-four annual chance that a piece of debris will pass through busy airspace.. This is the ...

The risk of rogue rocket debris and other man-made space junk colliding with planes is a growing challenge that’s only going to get worse as interplanetary traffic and commercial airline ...

Rocket Lab will launch an ambitious space-junk inspection mission for Japanese company Astroscale this morning (Feb. 18), and you can watch the action live.

There's a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent study. While the chance of debris hitting an ...

In November 2022, a Chinese Long March 5B rocket reentered the atmosphere with no ability to control where it fell. As a precaution, France, Spain, and Monaco closed some of their airspace along ...

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Unfortunately, the reality is a little bit less awesome: It was probably just a bunch of Russian space junk. Don't Miss : Today’s deals: Nintendo Switch games, $5 smart plugs, $150 Vizio ...

In late July 2022, a booster for China’s Long March 5B rocket reentered the atmosphere and crashed into the Sulu Sea near the Philippines. And China isn’t alone when it comes to producing potentially ...

There’s a 26 per cent annual chance that space rocket junk will re-enter the atmosphere and pass through a busy flight area, according to a recent UBC study. While the chance of debris hitting an ...