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SpaceX Appeals to Mexico for Debris Recovery After Starship Explosion Amid Legal Threats

SpaceX says its efforts to recover debris from last week's Starship explosion have been delayed by logistical and diplomatic hurdles in Mexico, where President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has threatened legal action over fragments washing ashore. The company has formally requested Mexican authorities’ cooperation to secure recovery operations.

2025-06-26T15:47:59.760875-07:00

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Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Reenters Earth After 53 Years

2025-05-10T05:32:40.367866-07:00

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ClearSpace completes second phase of UK debris-removal mission

2025-05-07T10:02:14.733586-07:00

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China's Megaconstellation Initiatives Raise Long-Term Space Debris Concerns

2025-04-07T04:56:34.328991-07:00

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Mexico Opens Probe into Potential Environmental Damage from SpaceX Starship Debris Mexico’s environmental authorities have launched a formal investigation into possible ecological damage after debris from SpaceX’s latest Starship explosion washed up on beaches in northeastern Mexico. SpaceX denies the fragments harmed local wildlife or habitats and has requested cooperation from Mexican agencies to secure and recover the debris.

2025-06-28T16:11:45.630445-07:00

Mexico Opens Probe into Potential Environmental Damage from SpaceX Starship Debris

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SpaceX Appeals to Mexico for Debris Recovery After Starship Explosion Amid Legal Threats SpaceX says its efforts to recover debris from last week's Starship explosion have been delayed by logistical and diplomatic hurdles in Mexico, where President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has threatened legal action over fragments washing ashore. The company has formally requested Mexican authorities’ cooperation to secure recovery operations.

2025-06-26T15:47:59.760875-07:00

SpaceX Appeals to Mexico for Debris Recovery After Starship Explosion Amid Legal Threats

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OSC Awards $10.1M Contracts to Plug Commercial Collision-Avoidance Blind Spots The Office of Space Commerce on Wednesday picked multiple space firms for $10.1 million in contracts to develop sensors and data-sharing solutions aimed at closing commercial collision-avoidance “blind spots” in low Earth orbit. The awards signal a push to bolster space domain awareness by leveraging private-sector capabilities.

2025-06-11T13:12:04.899636-07:00

OSC Awards $10.1M Contracts to Plug Commercial Collision-Avoidance Blind Spots

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Debris From SpaceX’s Ninth Starship Flight Washing Ashore on Mexico and Texas Beaches Debris from SpaceX’s May 27 Starship test flight has started washing ashore on beaches in northeastern Mexico and southern Texas, environmental groups report. The scattered fragments include plastic and aluminum shards, large tanks and other components, raising concerns about hazards to marine life and endangered sea turtles.

2025-06-05T15:43:56.902992-07:00

Debris From SpaceX’s Ninth Starship Flight Washing Ashore on Mexico and Texas Beaches

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Shenzhou-20 Crew Conducts 8-Hour EVA to Install Debris Shields on Tiangong Station On May 22, 2025, taikonauts from China’s Shenzhou-20 mission completed an eight-hour extravehicular activity—the 19th EVA on the Tiangong space station—installing protective debris shielding panels ahead of planned new module arrivals.

2025-05-22T09:08:17.383045-07:00

Shenzhou-20 Crew Conducts 8-Hour EVA to Install Debris Shields on Tiangong Station

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Glasgow Basement Mimics Space to Avert ‘Rifle Bullet’ Debris Researchers at Glasgow have recreated outer space in a basement chamber to test whether a crucial technology for future missions inadvertently produces high-speed fragments. The project aims to prevent ‘rifle bullet’–style debris that could imperil satellites and astronauts in low Earth orbit.

2025-05-19T08:18:48.256625-07:00

Glasgow Basement Mimics Space to Avert ‘Rifle Bullet’ Debris

BBC

Space Archaeologists Race to Save Decaying Relics of Early Space Infrastructure Decades-old satellites, lunar hardware and orbital stations are deteriorating or already lost, prompting a new generation of “space archaeologists” to document, recover and protect humanity’s fledgling off-Earth infrastructure before it vanishes.

2025-05-16T02:26:54.318457-07:00

Space Archaeologists Race to Save Decaying Relics of Early Space Infrastructure

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Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Reenters Earth After 53 Years Kosmos 482, a Soviet uncrewed spacecraft launched in 1972 on a failed Venus mission, reentered Earth’s atmosphere 53 years later on May 10, touching down in the Indian Ocean region. Designed for Venus, the 500 kg probe suffered an upper-stage malfunction and remained in orbit for over half a century.

2025-05-10T05:32:40.367866-07:00

Soviet Venus Probe Kosmos 482 Reenters Earth After 53 Years

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