Sentences with phrase «dangerous space debris»

The new method combining these two instruments will be capable of tracking down and deorbiting the most dangerous space debris, around the size of one centimeter.

Promising technologies to get rid of dangerous space debris are gathering speed.

Not exact matches

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According to Space Daily, «With GOLD there is a negligible increase in the chance of creating new dangerous orbital debris and once the object is removed from orbit, that particular threat is gone forever.»

But now it's also an increasing concern for the astronauts on the International Space Station, who recently had to sleep in escape pods while a piece of potentially dangerous debris floated past.