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☆ SpaceX Dragon Capsule debris as big as a car hood crash-landed in North Carolina. It's part of a major space trash problem.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Ellyn Lapointe | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewNASA has confirmed that a hunk of space junk as big as a car hood found in North Carolina belonged to a SpaceX Dragon Capsule, according to an agency statement shared on X. AdvertisementDebris from the Dragon Capsule landed in the middle of a train at the Glamping Collective, a mountaintop resort in North Carolina. Photos by Brett Tingley, courtesy of the Glamping CollectiveA similar chunk of Dragon trunk was found in Franklin, North Carolina in June. It's when space debris free-falls toward Earth with no one controlling its course. Even though this space debris is relatively small compared to, say, car-sized satellites, it's not harmless.

Persons: —, Justin Clontz, Space.com, Brett Tingley, It's, landers, Moriba Jah, Jah, Jonathan McDowell, McDowell, it's Organizations: Service, NASA, SpaceX, International Space, Business, International Space Station, United Nations Office, Outer Space Affairs, Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas, Harvard, Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Aerospace Corporation, Federal Government Locations: North Carolina, Asheville, Franklin , North Carolina, Saskatchewan, Canada, Florida, Austin, Asheville , North Carolina

☆ Al Gore is officially too old to serve on Apple’s board
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

New York CNN —Al Gore is stepping down from Apple’s Board of Directors – but only because he’s too old to be renominated. That means it’s time for Gore, who is now 75, to retire, the company announced Thursday. Gore has served on the Apple board since 2003, the company said. The Nobel laureate received $376,894 as compensation for serving on Apple’s Board of Directors in 2023, according to an SEC filing. In 2011, Gore accidentally let loose the iPhone 5 release was coming out the next month – before Apple had officially announced it.

Persons: Al Gore, –, Gore, He’s, James Bell, Wanda Austin, Austin, “ Wanda, we’re, ”, Tim Cook, Cook, Al Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple’s, Apple, SEC, Boeing Company, The Aerospace Corporation, Chevron, Amgen Inc Locations: New York, United States

☆ SpaceX fires back at FAA report suggesting its Starlink internet constellation could be deadly
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —SpaceX is asking federal regulators to correct a report that suggests the company’s Starlink satellite constellation could pose grave risks to people on Earth. The report was delivered to members of Congress by the Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses the launch and reentry of commercial spacecraft, on October 5. The letter also states that 325 Starlink satellites have already deorbited since February 2020, and no debris has been found. For purposes of this report, the FAA uses the more conservative approach,” according to the document. Starlink is mentioned 28 times in the FAA report, while Amazon’s Project Kuiper system is mentioned four times in data tables.

Persons: SpaceX, Starlink, ” Organizations: CNN, SpaceX, Federal Aviation Administration, Aerospace Corporation, FAA, Federal Communications Commission, Aerospace Corporation “, NASA Locations: China, rulemaking, United States

“Now, we have a better understanding of the kind of benefits that operating in cislunar space can bring countries back home.”Though definitions sometimes differ, cislunar space generally refers to the space between Earth and the moon, including the moon's surface and orbit. In 2021, Holzinger co-authored a report titled “A Primer on Cislunar Space“ to help U.S. government officials understand the ins and outs of cislunar space. That interest is apparent: Last year, the Space Force identified cislunar operations as a development priority, and in April established the 19th Space Defense Squadron to oversee cislunar space. In November, the White House released its own strategy for interagency research on "responsible, peaceful, and sustainable exploration and utilization of cislunar space." Together, these factors could make it difficult to manage traffic in cislunar space, particularly if adversaries intentionally try to mask their activities there.

☆ China is allowing another rocket body to fall to Earth uncontrolled this weekend. It probably won't hit you.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Paola Rosa-Aquino | Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A 23-ton chunk of China's Long March 5B rocket is on track to fall back to Earth this weekend. The Mengtian module, which carries science experiments, blasted off on China's Long March 5B rocket. No one knows where the rocket body will fall, and nobody is controlling it. Some of it will likely burn up as it plows through the atmosphere, but the rocket body is too large to completely disintegrate. China's rocket debris keeps crashing back to EarthDebris suspected to be from a Chinese booster rocket in Borneo, which were found in late July.

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