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ROSAT: Another Satellite Falling in October 2011

ROSAT Satellite Falling to Earth in Late October Just when you thought we were done with satellites falling to Earth, here's another item to make David Bowie and Lou Reed happy: Germany's defunct Roentgen Satellite...

created by NowPublic Staff | 19 wks ago | updated 19 wks ago
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NASA might say, “Watch out!”

Falling near you? Sometime in September with a two-hour warning, NASA may sound an alarm for all inhabitants in a 500 mile stretch to watch for falling debris. A bus-size object will be breaking apart in the...

opinion by YankeeJim | 22 wks ago
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Mysterious Object from Space to Pass Earth Wednesday

Astronomers are claiming that a mysterious object from space will pass the earth on Wednesday, January 13, 2009. Fear not, the object will not hit our planet but merely speed past Earth, some 80,000 miles away. At approximately 33 to 50 feet wide at most, Astronomers believe...

created by Blaine Metzgar | 2 years ago
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Japan to launch ‘suicide’ satellites to clear space junk

With space junk increasingly becoming an important problem for the functionality of the International Space Station (ISS) and commercial satellites circling the Earth’s orbit, Japanese space scientists came up with the idea of building ‘suicide’ satellites that would...