Space debris (also known as space junk, space pollution, space waste, space trash, space garbage, or cosmic debris) are defunct human-made objects in space –...

due to space pollution is numerous enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade in which each collision generates space debris that increases...

Space debris usually burns up in the atmosphere, but larger debris objects can reach the ground intact. According to NASA, an average of one cataloged...

Earth. Space debris may also consist of natural components such as chunks of rock and ice. The problem of space debris has grown as various space programs...

(2017). Tundra Disposal Orbit Study. 7th European Conference on Space Debris. ESA Space Debris Office. Archived from the original on October 2, 2017. Retrieved...

Nahra, Henry (24–29 April 1989). Effect of Micrometeoroid and Space Debris Impacts on the Space Station Freedom Solar Array Surfaces (PDF). Spring Meeting...

Major contributors to space debris include the explosion of upper stages and satellite collisions. There were 190 known satellite breakups between 1961...

: II-238  During the design process of the Space Shuttle, a requirement of the ET was that it would not release any debris that could potentially damage the orbiter...

Specific issues of space ethics include space debris mitigation and the militarization of space, but also more theoretical topics like space colonization,...

Retrieved 25 June 2024. "Space station from 2001: A Space Odyssey". United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (2010). "Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines...