22 February 2019
Success for Hayabusa2 as it touches down on Ryugu
... kilometres from Earth to then fire a metal projectile into the rocky surface and collect any dislodged debris it can grab. Hayabusa2 headed to its pre-chosen location on the asteroid Ryugu just before 23:00 GMT on 21 February...
19 July 2019
China's Tiangong-2 space lab to deorbit today
... it would be coming down, except that it would be during 19 July Beijing time, they indicated that any remaining debris not burnt up during reentry, may fall “in a safe area in the South Pacific.” Building on the experience gained...
01 October 2020
UK to launch new international space collaborations
... exports and creating skilled jobs.” Potential projects cover a huge range of space activities, from tackling space debris with new monitoring technologies to using Earth Observation satellites to track issues like climate change, and space...
09 July 2021
Skyrora launches challenge to de-orbit historic satellite
... could be the space tug’s first real-world deployment and a demonstration of its long-term potential. Space debris - the ever-increasing volume of redundant satellites orbiting Earth - is one of the biggest problems facing the global...
