Medicine & TechnologyASAT operation contributed space junks to Earth's orbit by bombarding the defunct satellite Cosmos 1408. Due to the incident, experts are pushing authorities to create regulations against the irresponsible actions.
One space firm has criticized Russia's anti-satellite weapon test as an "irresponsible act" after putting the lives of astronauts onboard the International Space Station in danger from the space debris it created last week.
The recent incident involving the Russian ASAT mission and the Expedition 66 aboard the ISS have gained a lot of criticism from international space authorities and private aerospace enterprises.
Scientists recently said the anti-satellite weapon test Russia recently carried out will increase the risk to humans after the missile trial exploded an orbiting satellite into numerous pieces.
To avoid hitting a space junk from a 2007 Chinese satellite, the International Space Station recently completed an engine burn maneuver and fired a rocket.
A fireball was seen above West Michigan on Wednesday and experts confirmed that it was what's left of a failed Russian satellite, which is another space junk falling back to Earth.
Rocket Lab will launch a tiny CubeSat called AuroraSat-1 later this year for an orbital test. The technology could hopefully ease humanity's problem in space junk.
Satellites made from mushrooms are being considered as a solution to the growing space junk in the Low Earth Orbit (LEO). But some experts say that it overlooks another hazard.
There are many fragments of huge and small parts of crafts orbiting the space just outside of Earth. As challenging as it may seem, we need to get rid of it as soon as possible.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch on March 4 has failed to do a deorbit burn. It re-entered the Earth's orbit on March 25 and created a light show over the Pacific Northwest sky.