#SpaceJunk

Apparently the Artemis II crew have done a waste-water dump .... so there'll be lots of little yellow ice crystals on the way to the Moon! #SpaceJunk 🧪 #SpaceArchaeology

As satellites fill Earth’s orbit, the space race risks becoming an environmental crisis In this week’s newsletter: From pollution in the upper atmosphere to mounting debris, experts warn the rapid expansion in space could threaten our planet

As satellites fill Earth’s orbit, the space race risks becoming an environmental crisis www.theguardian.com/environment/... #earth #satellites #SpaceJunk #SpaceDebris #environment

This animation shows all four solar array wings #SAWs being deployed and put to use thoughout all stages in space of the Artemis II mission.
Unfortunately, instead of being parked in high orbit for future re-use, the ESM with its solar panels is discarded at #EOM (end of mission), as just #spacejunk

NASA officials sidestepped questions on Artemis II risks—there's a reason why This ought to make for some good reading," NASA's mission management team chair said.

A crewed mission around far side of the moon, with risk of #LOC (loss of crew)
Artemis II risk factors on launch:
micrometeors and orbital debris (MMOD), aka #spacejunk
stress the rocketship is under on launch at #maxQ (maximum dynamic pressure)
qv. Challenger Space Shuttle disaster
#TechScepticism

SpaceX loses contact with one of its Starlink satellites SpaceX has lost contact with Starlink satellite 34343 after it suffered an unspecified anomaly on March 29 while it was in orbit, the company has announced on X.

SpaceX loses contact with one of its Starlink satellites
#SpaceJunk 🧪

‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

Privatization certainly has increased the fragility and complexity of our satellite systems
#SpaceJunk
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'Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially'
I love these Grauniad infographic reports, but this is getting really scary […]

‘This feels fragile’: how a satellite-smashing chain reaction could spiral out of control Today, the space around Earth can no longer be considered empty. More than 30,000 objects are in orbit, and that figure is rising exponentially

"The big fear is future collisions will cause a domino effect where Earth’s orbit becomes cluttered with tiny, high-speed bits of metal...creating a near-impenetrable layer of debris that would make space launches so dangerous it would essentially trap humans on Earth."
#KesslerSyndrome
#spacejunk

#SpaceJunk 🆘📣🚨📲👉🌐🚀🛰️🛸♻️🚯 #RuimteVuilnis

NASA's Artemis 2 moon astronauts are 'fortunate' to have a private space toilet — Apollo crews pooped in plastic bags It's "the one place that we can go during the mission where we can actually feel like we're alone for a moment."

The Artemis II mission will return to Earth - but leave a trail of frozen urine behind as it goes round the Moon.
#SpaceArchaeology #SpaceJunk 🧪

What happened when asteroids hit the earth, and what will happen if another one hits now? Find out at 500ways.com/asteroid ( #asteroid, #meteor, #meteorite, #comet, #spaceJunk, #astronomy, #dinosaurs, #celestial, #celestialBody, #spaceRock, #outerSpace,#planetoid,#astronomical)

'This is really intolerable': Astronomers protest giant orbiting mirror project and SpaceX's million AI satellites "It's absolutely the destruction of a central part of human heritage."

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#astronomy #SpaceJunk #satellites #Starlink

BREAKING: Here’s another tonight seen in the skies over Michigan at around 9:30pm tonight. This video comes from @fox2detroit.
#meteor #spacejunk

A space junk bestiary: yo-yo de-spin weights Among the oldest pieces of space junk in Earth orbit are de-spin weights from the US series of TIROS weather and TV satellites. I've been no...

Space junk isn't all the same. Here I look at an uncommon type of mission-related debris, the yo-yo de-spin weight.
#SpaceJunk #SpaceHeritage 🧪 🔭 🏺

SpaceX offers details on orbital data center satellites SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed more technical, but not financial, details about his company’s plans to deploy an orbital data center constellation.

#starlink #spacejunk #astronomy #musksucks
Goodbye night skies...
We can't let this crap happen.

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What could possibly go wrong?

(A sidenote: Wouldn't it be ironic if a Kessler Syndrome event involving Elon Musk's Starlink satellites ended up being the reason humans never reach Mars?)

From the ABC:

"Starlink is an internet satellite constellation of about 9,600 small spacecraft in low […]

Got space junk? Portal and Paladin team up to create an orbital trash disposal service Portal Space Systems is partnering with Paladin Space on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of orbital debris.

Got space junk? Portal and Paladin team up to create an orbital trash disposal service #Technology #EmergingTechnologies #Other #SpaceJunk #OrbitalTrash #Sustainability

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A rubbish challenge: how do we dump space junk? – Physics World Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk about the danger of space debris and what we need to do about it

Modern life depends on space-based infrastructure, but there’s a lot of junk orbiting alongside working spacecraft. Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it.
🧪 @physicsworld.bsky.social #SpaceJunk

Space Junk On the Rise: Cleaning Up Our Act — Melanie R. Meadors Space junk is becoming a huge problem, and it’s only going to get worse.

What the big deal about #spacejunk? I wrote an article about it! www.melaniermeadors.com/blog/space-j...

Tell the rest of the story - to replace or augment the 4-5 falling out of orbit daily & significantly polluting the atmosphere.

Falcon 9 launched yesterday morning from Vandenberg & one is scheduled Monday for the same reason.

#SpaceJunk
#SpacePolluters
#SpaceTrash

From the news coverage available on that day, and the graphic provided by Space.com, it looked like the spacecraft had been flung into space uncontrollably. In point of fact, it had its own on-board propellant, and despite a leak, was able to change its trajectory. Six days into its planned journey, mission control decided to direct the Peregrine spacecraft to burn up in Earth's atmosphere to avoid the creation of space debris in a sensitive orbital space. (Wikipedia) See the previous #instapoetrygram in this series, and its accompanying graphic. Image-top, a 3-line miniature poem, dated early January 2024, with author's name above, accompanied by image-below, an illustration from a news story, also from early January 2024, about an ill-fated lunar exploration journey, with a graphic showing the trajectory of the Peregrine Lander (intended as a Lunar Module), up to 'End of Mission' (labelled in the image). The trajectory describes an arabesque in space. The launch of the Vulcan Centaur spacecraft was a success (depicted in the graphic, including labels for various stages of the launch) as was the second-stage "trans-lunar injection" (TLI), but the Peregrine module failed its space maneuvers, under its own power, shortly after it began its planned 46-day journey to the moon. Img-bottom-left, the logo for Space.com (author of the graphic used). No copyright infringement intended. Fair use only.

An #instapoetrygram written as the craft was still outbound, and looked to be another piece of #spacejunk (The de-orbiting option came later.)
#haiku #SpaceOpera #NightskyPoets #DarkPoetry #SciFaiku
#PeregrineFAIL
#AdAstraAbyssosQue 
#InspiredByCircumstance qv. une pièce de circonstance
#writesky

@beyerstein.bsky.social @skepchick.org This is just #Hubris Not only is it a threat to #DarkSkies, there is now so much #spacejunk orbiting Earth, it could cause set of a chain reaction of destruction.😠

Starlink could make us Earthbound. #SpaceJunk

Send all the billionaires to space. No one cares how. #nasa #spacejunk #problemsolvednextproblem #rockets #economics

So much #Spacejunk

I fear that if we are bombed in the U.S., we'll fail to recognize the bombs because we'll just assume it's more failed Elon Musk #SpaceJunk.
#Neuralink #SpaceX

Space debris at Point Nemo raises ocean impact concerns Since 1971, space agencies have crashed retired spacecraft at Point Nemo, raising concerns about ocean debris and the ISS retirement.

“Some fragments carry paints, fuels, or heavy metals, & their slow breakdown can spread contaminants into nearby currents. Over time the pieces corrode & disperse, but the deep seafloor keeps most of that story out of sight.“ #KesslerSyndrome #SouthPacific #oceans #SpaceJunk

‘Some cracks went straight through’: Chinese astronauts detail the spacecraft failure that left them stuck in orbit – Morning Overview

What the cracks in the Chinese capsule struck by space debris reveal about orbital debris risk, “Some cracks went straight through.” #spacedebris #orbitaldebris #spacejunk
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