Boca Chica conservationists’ fury as SpaceX rocket explodes, sending debris onto wildlife reserve

SpaceX workers are continuing to recover fragments of Tuesday’s doomed rocket from a nature reserve as conservationists blasted Elon Musk for the danger it posed to wildlife. The Starship prototype rocket SN11 took off from the company’s base in the tiny hamlet of Boca Chica before crashing landing on its launch pad minutes later, raining … Read more

Mission to demonstrate space debris removal set for launch

The world’s first satellite that uses magnets to gather up space junk will launch into space this weekend.  The craft, called ELSA-d and made by Japanese firm Astroscale, will blast off from Kazakhstan aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket at 6.07am GMT on Saturday (March 20). The 200kg craft consists of two components that will perform a series of … Read more

Great Pacific Garbage Patch has ‘connecting pathway with East Asia’ that may feed it debris

The North Pacific is home to an enormous swirl of plastic waste twice the size of Texas known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, but how the trash made its way to the region has been a mystery among scientists – until now. Researchers from the US and Germany set out to uncover pathways that … Read more

Locals sweep up volcanic rubble after fresh Mount Etna eruption covers their town with debris 

Ashes to ashes: Locals sweep up volcanic rubble after fresh Mount Etna eruption covers their town with debris Etna’s activity intensified earlier today as it spewed lava at 300 metres high with a subsequent rain of ash Residents in the nearby villages including Giarre, Fornazzo and Catania have been left to clear the debris National Institute … Read more

Boeing cargo jet engine catches fire and drops debris on Dutch town

Two people have been injured after the jet engine of a Boeing cargo plane burst into flames shortly after taking off in the Netherlands. Debris from the 747-400 jet fell on the Dutch town of Meerssen on Sunday afternoon when it got into trouble shortly after taking off from Maastricht airport. An elderly woman was left … Read more

Boeing cargo jet engine bursts into flames as debris falls on Dutch town

Two people are injured after Boeing cargo plane engine catches fire, dropping debris onto a Dutch town Engine of a Boeing 747 cargo plane caught fire shortly after takeoff in Maastricht  Debris rained down on town of Meerssen, giving elderly woman a head injury Child also burned their hand picking up a smoldering piece of metal Comes … Read more

United Airlines flight makes emergency landing after dropping debris

A United Airlines flight bound for Hawaii was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off from Denver after suffering major damage to one of its engines and dropping huge pieces of debris over a neighborhood in Colorado. Flight UA328, which was carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew members, suffered serious engine failure … Read more

British rocket firm develops a space tug to move satellites and clear debris

British firm Skyrora Is a step closer to launching a space tug that could tow satellites into different orbits, replace old satellites and even clean up space junk. The upper stage of the Skyrora XL rocket successfully completed a crucial static fire test at the engine development complex in Fife Scotland just before Christmas. This upper … Read more

Jim Edmonds complains about debris estranged wife Meghan King left in their St. Louis home

Jim Edmonds complains about debris estranged wife Meghan King left in their St. Louis home: ‘I didn’t realize that someone would leave a house this dirty and messy’ By Adam S. Levy For Dailymail.com Published: 02:21 GMT, 11 December 2020 | Updated: 02:21 GMT, 11 December 2020 Jim Edmonds took to social media on Thursday … Read more

Man who investigated the 1947 Roswell crash found indestructible debris ‘not made by humans hands’

It was the summer of 1947, the US was in the midst the Cold War, scientists were on the brink of discovering plutonium fission and New York’s Grand Central Station hit a record of 252,288 passengers, but the most memorable event may be the crash in Roswell. The local paper’s front page story reported that … Read more