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65 years ago, “simple satellite” Sputnik redefined space science — and sent a sinister message

Earth’s first-ever artificial satellite Sputnik launched on October 4, 1957. In that moment, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union transformed into a race to dominate not only Earth but also space.

Inverse

Chinese rocket re-entry: suspected debris lands in Malaysia and Indonesia

Charred ring of metal five metres in diameter found in Kalimantan and smaller piece discovered in Sarawak, Malaysia

The Guardian - AU

As more space junk falls to Earth, will China clean up its act?

Parts of a 23-tonne piece of rocket will come crashing down – somewhere – in the next few days

The Guardian - UK

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Debris from a Chinese space rocket is crashing toward Earth

Debris from a Chinese rocket is set to crash to Earth some time over the next few days, with the potential for wreckage to land across a wide swathe of the globe.

Tribune News Service

60 years ago, a military pilot made it to space — and set off a debate that rages today

Where does space begin? An experimental military program brought several pilots into a gray area. It also sparked the commercial sector's growth.

Inverse

10 years ago, China docked to its space station — and changed the space race forever

The Tiangong-1 docking announced to the world that the country was ready for a new space race.

Inverse

Kimberley 'meteor shower' is debris from a Chinese rocket falling out of orbit

A "meteor shower" that lit up the skies over northern Western Australia earlier this week was the wreckage of a rocket falling back to Earth.

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Why Apple’s Steve Wozniak’s paradoxical plan to solve space junk just might work

Privateer, co-founded by Steve Wozniak, aims to make space environmentalism its business. Can it’s controversial methods really clean up space junk?

Inverse

Space junk on 5,800-mph collision course with moon

The moon is about to get walloped by a big piece of space junk

The Independent UK

Whose rocket is going to hit the Moon? The space debris culprit, revealed

Initially, reports pointed to the SpaceX DSCOVR Falcon 9 launch vehicle impacting the Moon, but revised numbers point toward the China National Space Agency.

Inverse

Solar Storm Destroys 40 Satellites

A geomagnetic storm triggered by a large burst of radiation from the sun has disabled at least 40 of the 49 satellites newly launched by SpaceX as part of its Starlink internet communications network, the company said. The incident was believed to mark the largest collective loss of satellites stemming…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage ended up on a collision course with the Moon

The Moon's pockmarked surface will gain a fresh crater in about five weeks. So how did a spent rocket stage accidentally end up on track to crash into the lunar surface?

ABC News

How many satellites orbit Earth?

The number of satellites orbiting our planet is rising fast, thanks to private "megaconstellations" that pose various threats to space exploration and astronomy. But how big has the problem already become?

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