Topic: Brian Weeden
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Space junk: Where will out-of-control satellite crash? Probably not on you.
The space junk tumbling into Earth's atmosphere should hit Friday night or Saturday morning. But only 26 pieces are expected to survive, and the chances of one of them hitting any specific person is about 1 in 21 trillion.
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X-37B Space Plane: What's it for, exactly?
An analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists suggests that just about everything that the Air Force's new X-37B robotic space plane can do could be done using cheaper technology.
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Chinese satellites bump gently. Was it a military maneuver?
Two Chinese satellites bumped into each other very gently, leaving analysts wondering what China is up to.
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Close call puts focus on traffic jam in space
The International Space Station’s narrow miss last week highlights the risk of collisions with space junk.
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