space debris
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Test to Manoeuvre ISS with Cygnus Spacecraft Didn’t Go as Planned
NASA is currently evaluating the ability of docked Cygnus spacecraft to serve as boosters for the International Space Station, but a recent test of the concept was quickly stopped, for reasons that aren’t yet clear.
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Suspected Debris From Chinese Rocket Falls Onto Three Indian Villages
An area on the western coast of India has been hit by fragments of space debris that may have been a result of a Chinese rocket re-entering the atmosphere and breaking up into smaller pieces. Sadly, this is becoming an all-too-familiar story.
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Debris That Fell From Sky Into India Could Be Part of Chinese Rocket
Investigators with the Indian space agency say a 2.74 m-wide metal ring and a large cylindrical object, among other bits of debris that fell onto a western Indian village in early April, were likely produced by a Chinese rocket that disintegrated on re-entry.
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Roscosmos Chief Reacts to U.S. Sanctions: ‘Who Will Save the ISS From an Uncontrolled Deorbit?’
In a series of bizarre and somewhat threatening Twitter posts this week that at times resembled a rant, Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, suggested that American sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine could result in the International Space Station crashing into the U.S., Europe, India, or China.