Residents Were Visiting Their Local Beach. They Discovered Mysterious Orbs that Fell From Space.

Australia is a magnet for space debris. The latest arrival is a cluster of pressurized fuel vessels, or “space balls” from an unidentified spacecraft.
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Metal spheres found in Australia show how little we still know about falling space debris

The latest space debris incident in Australia shows just how much we still don't know about what happens to rockets and other ...
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NASA's Swift telescope is falling from the sky. Its robot rescuer just phoned home

On the night of Friday, July 3, somewhere above Earth, a small spacecraft called home for the first time. On the ground, engineers finally exhaled. Teams have successfully established communications ...
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Inside NASA's daring mission to rescue a falling space telescope

The Swift Observatory was launched into space in 2004 from what is now the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. NASA is planning a first-of-its-kind mission to save the Swift Observatory from falling ...
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Falling space debris is increasingly threatening airplanes, researchers say

Space debris from rocket bodies orbiting Earth is posing an increased threat to aircraft while falling from space, according to new research. While the probability of space junk striking an airplane ...