Space Debris: Will It Take a Catastrophe for Nations to Take the Issue Seriously?

Space Debris: Will It Take A Catastrophe For Nations To Take The Issue Seriously?

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Space debris: Will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?

China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there's nothing routine about its journey home.

Space debris: will it take a catastrophe for nations to take the issue seriously?

China routinely sends astronauts to and from its space station Tiangong. A crew capsule is about to undock from the station and return to Earth, but there’s nothing routine about its journey home. The Shenzhou-20 capsule will carry no crew, because one of its windows has been struck by space debris. Astronauts noticed an apparent crack on November 5, during pre-return checks. Space journalist Andrew Jones explained how experts on the ground had …