FAA Proposes Space Junk Clean-Up Rule to Declutter Earth’s Orbit September 21, 2023 By Eric Johnson A new proposed rule would require commercial space companies to clean up some of their junk. The US Federal Aviation...
Chinese Space Junk Likely to Come Crashing to Earth on Friday November 4, 2022 By Loren Grush A massive Chinese rocket booster is headed for an uncontrolled fall through the atmosphere Friday, sparking concerns that pieces of...
Launching Into Space? Not So Fast. Insurers Balk At New Coverage September 1, 2021 By Noor Zainab Hussain and Carolyn Cohn An ever-swelling amount of space debris is threatening satellites that hover around Earth, making insurers leery of offering coverage to...
Asteroid Menace Grows Scarier by the Day, But Don’t Panic November 19, 2013 By Editors, Bloomberg View On Feb. 15, a 13,000-ton rock plunged through the skies above Chelyabinsk, Russia. It shone 30 times brighter than the...