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 ...

A massive chunk of an Indian rocket washed ashore in Australia last year.. What is space debris? As we send more and more items into low Earth orbit (LEO), there are more chances for chunks to ...

Why is space debris a problem? There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states ...

In 2019, a booster — which provides the necessary thrust for lift-off and then separates from the main stage — fell back to Earth after launch and destroyed a home, according to reports. Sign ...

A massive section of a rocket made its uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday. Aerospace experts had been tracking the debris for days, as it was initially unclear exactly when -- and where ...

The large Chinese rocket that is out of control and set to reenter Earth's atmosphere this weekend has brought about an alarming but not unprecedented situation.Space debris has crashed into Earth ...

NASA confirmed last week that a large chunk of debris found along a North Carolina trail last May came from a SpaceX Dragon rocket, according to the Charlotte Observer, and an NC resident in the ...

Upon arriving at his warehouse in the quaint Polish village of Komorniki, Adam Burucki discovered that a massive chunk of charred rocket debris had crash-landed on his property.

Fire destroys Starship on its seventh test flight, raining debris from space The Federal Aviation Administration will likely require an investigation into the accident. Stephen Clark – Jan 16 ...