Saturday, September 24, 2011

Space Junk, Orbital Debris



A huge satellite, the 6.5 ton UARS, fell to earth yesterday. NASA has not given the final word if it all fell into the Pacific Ocean, or if some of the debris fell onto Pacific islands or into western Canada.

Here are some links to stories:
http://earthsky.org/space/where-will-nasas-uars-satellite-land

and

http://www.space.com/13078-nasa-uars-satellite-falls-earth.html

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