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Space junk, not meteorites, remains biggest threat to spacecraft

by Daniel Lawler Agence France Presse Paris, France (AFP) — Dodging the kind of meteorite strike that forced Russia to plan a space station rescue mission is nearly impossible, yet the greater threat to spacecraft is actually the man-made debris in orbit, experts say. Russian announced on Wednesday a February mission to the International Space Station to pick up crew members left stranded after a strike damaged the capsule that was to take them home. […]

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4.5-billion-year-old meteorite found in back garden, a gem for researchers

LEIDEN, Netherlands (Reuters) — Researchers at the Leiden’s Naturalis Biodiversity Center announced on Monday (June 26) the discovery of a 500-gram-meteorite that could help shed light on the origin of our solar system. In a statement, the research center said several people in the Netherlands and Belgium witnessed on January 11 a fireball flying over the Dutch town of Broek in Waterland, making it the sixth meteorite to be found in the Netherlands in two […]

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