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Last Friday, SpaceX launched its second operational commercial crew mission to the International Space Station for NASA, carrying four astronauts to the station. This makes a total of 10 astronauts launched by Elon’s Mask’s SpaceX in under a year. Last month, the Technion launched three Israeli autonomous nanosatellites simultaneously that will fly in formation and monitor Earth from space. A few months before that, after six years in space, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 spacecraft finally returned to Earth after a 5 billion km Trek in which it reached 400 million km ...

Close icon Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification. Space junk is becoming an increasing concern. Getty The amount of space debris in Earth's orbit is increasing at an alarming rate. This creates a number of dangers, including "Kessler syndrome": a theoretical scenario in which a single collision could set off a chain reaction. With the rise of space debris comes the lucrative business of cleaning it up. Companies involved include Airbus, Astroscale, and ClearSpace. Over...