Russian military says spacecraft debris falls in ocean (Reuters)

17 January, 2012 (04:43) | great | No comments

MOSCOW (Reuters) ? Pieces of a failed Russian Mars probe plummeted into the Pacific Ocean far off the Chilean coast on Sunday, Russian news agencies cited a military official as saying. Debris from the Phobos-Grunt craft fell into the sea some 1,250 km (775 miles) west of the coastal island of Wellington, state-run RIA and [...]

NASA should plan to remove space junk, experts say

3 September, 2011 (13:56) | great | No comments

Paul Marks, senior technology correspondent America’s National Research Council has finally?heeded warnings?from spaceflight experts, telling?NASA?it is not doing enough to address the hazards posed by the space debris that it – and other space users – leave in orbit. In a 1 September?report?(pdf) on space junk, the NRC says NASA “has not kept pace with [...]