A circular space economy could transform wasteful spaceflight into a sustainable, reusable system for the future.

As the space industry continues to grow, the environmental impact of space missions becomes an increasingly urgent concern. A ...

"We're now in an era where there's multiple governments, multiple companies involved in space. So the shift is not just one ...

China has a launch date for an uncrewed spacecraft that will replace one damaged by space debris while docked at the Tiangong Space Station.

It can be challenging to quantify how much of a danger space debris poses. The International Civil Aviation Organization ...

Every time a rocket is launched, tons of valuable materials are lost, and huge amounts of greenhouse gases and ...

The web of 156 orbiting sensors will form the country’s second space situational awareness constellation designed to bring ...

China's Shenzhou-21 crew of astronauts is technically currently stranded on board the Tiangong without a usable spacecraft at ...

Astroscale's ADRAS-J mission completed fly arounds of a Japanese H-IIA rocket upper stage in 2024. The imagery would expect ...

It’s an issue we can no longer afford to treat as theoretical. To address this threat, the space industry must transition from ground-based tracking to orbit-based detection systems capable of ...

Interview details rapid response to emergency triggered by a shard of nearly invisible space debris about the size of a grain ...

CNN’s Jessica Dean talks to former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino about space debris and astronauts getting stranded in space.