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What do a Dinosaur and an oil field in Northern Canada have in common? What does crude oil have to do with our favourite fruit? How are those strawberry linked to satellites? And what connects Satellites to nuclear waste? In the vast expanse of Earth's orbit, artificial satellites serve as indispensable tools for communication, navigation, weather monitoring, and scientific exploration. However, their operational prowess faces a growing threat from the silent assailant known as space debris. These defunct satellites, spent rocket stages, and fragments from collisions pose a significant risk to active satellites and spacecraft. The delicate dance of orbital trajectories becomes increasingly perilous as space debris proliferates, leading to potential collisions that could generate even more fragments in a cascade effect. Addressing the challenge of space debris is crucial to ensuring the continued functionality of our satellite infrastructure and sustaining the benefits they bring to our interconnected world. Efforts in active debris removal, international cooperation, and innovative technologies are essential to safeguard the celestial highways that satellites traverse. 00:00-00:27 Introduction 00:28-05:59 Hell Creek: Oil Field in Northern Canada 06:00-11:07 Crude Oil 11:07-16:32 The History Of Strawberries 16:33-22:27 Satellites 22:28-28:20 Nuclear Waste As A Danger ---- The universe is vast, much like our imagination. In "space and science", we show you various documentaries and highlights from outer space. No matter if stars or planets, meteoroids or black holes, relax and enjoy our content! 🙂 ---- Other channels you might be interested in: criminals and crimefighters: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYuXyzwA_w4-c1FJrqOnR0A hazards and catastrophes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5WE_bClugxSVG1ENir8qzg Further videos on space and science: ┕ Black Holes And Cosmic Rays: Sending Particles To Earth | Documentary | Missing Link ▸https://youtu.be/W7b4q5BBZsY ┕Planets and Solar Systems Explained: How Planetary Systems Form | Documentary | Missing Link ▸https://youtu.be/75Hs_DbkPq8 #documentary #Space #satellite

After a remarkable life in orbit, Aeolus is out of fuel and out of time – it’s returning to Earth this week. Planned and built before any regulations were put in place on ‘end-of-life’ disposal, the Earth Explorer was designed to naturally return through our atmosphere. After months of detailed planning and analysis, ESA together with industrial partners has designed a complex and never-before-performed set of manoeuvres to control, as much as possible, Aeolus’ fall.  The assisted reentry attempt is built on four main phases, now begun at ESA’s mission control:  * Phase I: once Aeolus has fallen naturally to 280 km, the first manoeuvre is performed – the largest in the mission’s five years in orbit. The main objectives are to lower the satellite down to 250 km and to check how the satellite behaves when executing a large manoeuvre at such low altitudes – more than three times the size of any performed during routine operations. * Phase II: after three to five days, a series of four manoeuvres will lower Aeolus’s ‘perigee altitude’ – the point in orbit closest to Earth – down to an altitude of about 150 km.  * Phase III: a final manoeuvre will lower Aeolus to a perigee altitude of 120 km.  * Phase IV: in the final, shortest phase, Aeolus the spacecraft becomes space debris, completing its final descent in just a few Earth revolutions.  In this animation, round regions temporarily lit up in bright green show the moments that Aeolus is in contact with antennas on Earth. It is in these periods that mission control is in touch with the satellite and can send up commands and get its data down. Aeolus is repeatedly turned, or ‘slewed’ by 180° in order to switch from the routine orientation (or ‘attitude’), in which the satellite’s ‘X-band’ antenna points toward Earth and the GPS can function to track the mission – crucial to maintaining knowledge of its position – and the ‘retrograde’ attitude. This second, ‘upside down’ position is necessary for the thrusters to fire in the opposite direction to Aeolus’s flight direction, causing it to lose energy and lower in orbit. While the ultimate goal is for the spacecraft to burn up as it reenters through the atmosphere, teams need to keep it functioning long enough that they can continue to send up commands and control it on its path. After the final commands are sent, Aeolus will be ‘passivated’. Passivation is when any energy onboard a spacecraft is removed, for example, its propellant or batteries. Doing this prevents explosions and fragmentation events, that could cause the release of lots of pieces of unwanted space debris. For Aeolus, already out of fuel, it will simply be turned off. After this point, teams at mission control will continue to monitor the situation until Aeolus’s ultimate reentry location is confirmed. For rolling updates on Aeolus's reentry, follow ‘Aeolus reentry: live’ on the Rocket Science blog 👉 https://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2023/07/24/aeolus-reentry-live/ Credit: ESA/Monterrat Pinol Sole Music: Yesterday’s Hero by Steve Rothery, published by Tunecore. Used with permission of Steve Rothery. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ESAonLinkedIn On Pinterest: https://bit.ly/ESAonPinterest On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #Reentry #Aeolus

ESA’s wind mission Aeolus is coming home. After five years of improving weather forecasts, the satellite will return in a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry. At ESA’s Space Operations Centre in Germany, mission control will use the satellite’s remaining fuel to steer Aeolus during its return to Earth. Find out more about the mission, its successes and how Aeolus is paving the way for safe reentries. 👉 https://www.esa.int/Aeolus Credits: ESA - European Space Agency ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ESAonLinkedIn On Pinterest: https://bit.ly/ESAonPinterest On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #Reentry #Aeolus

ESA DG Josef Aschbacher, accompanied by TAS CEO Hervé Derrey, Airbus DS EVP Jean-Marc Nasr and OHB Board Member Lutz Bertling, among others, will unveil the Zero Debris Charter initiative, an ambitious drive towards European leadership in space debris mitigation and remediation. ★ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/ESAsubscribe and click twice on the bell button to receive our notifications. Check out our full video catalog: http://bit.ly/SpaceInVideos Follow us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/ESAonTwitter On Facebook: http://bit.ly/ESAonFacebook On Instagram: http://bit.ly/ESAonInstagram On LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ESAonLinkedIn On Pinterest: https://bit.ly/ESAonPinterest On Flickr: http://bit.ly/ESAonFlickr We are Europe's gateway to space. Our mission is to shape the development of Europe's space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world. Check out https://www.esa.int/ to get up to speed on everything space related. Copyright information about our videos is available here: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Terms_and_Conditions #ESA #Space #ParisAirShow2023

The UK Space Agency, a leading advocate for space sustainability, is sponsoring the upcoming 5th Summit for Space Sustainability. This high-level, multi-day event, hosted by the Secure World Foundation, aims to develop innovative solutions for the long-term sustainability of outer space. Scheduled for 13-14 June 2023, the summit will gather international experts, industry leaders, and policymakers to address the pressing challenges facing our orbital environment. Julie Black the Director of Missions & Capabilities for Discovery & Sustainability at the UK Space Agency will give a keynote presentation on 13th June. With the ever-growing number of satellites and space debris, the summit will focus on finding practical and collaborative approaches to mitigate space debris and ensure the responsible use of space resources. The UK Space Agency's sponsorship underscores its commitment to promoting sustainable practices in space exploration and protecting valuable orbital assets. By supporting this summit, the UK Space Agency recognizes the need for international cooperation and the sharing of best practices in space sustainability. The 5th Summit for Space Sustainability serves as a crucial opportunity for stakeholders to exchange ideas, foster collaboration, and develop actionable solutions to preserve the space environment for future generations. The UK Space Agency's sponsorship reinforces its dedication to creating a secure and sustainable future for space activities. Learn more https://swfsummit.org

Astroscale, the space debris clean-up company released a funky retro arcade game called Orbiter, designed to be fun and teach you something about the dangers of orbital debris. It combines my two passions - video games and spaceflight. So I sat down to play it and see if we can't learn something from it. This one was recorded live whilst playing the game so expect it to be off-the-cuff but hopefully just as informative as the rest of my content, with some funky music to set the mood. My regular UK Space News videos don't follow the same format, but this was a fun one to record. I'm part of the Team Space Media Group. You can follow all of the amazing #TeamSpace creators by checking out www.twitter.com/@wearetsmg and www.twitter.com/@totalspacenet Don’t forget to give this video a like if you enjoyed it. Subscribe and tick the notification bell to keep up with all the latest and best UK space news and to support the channel. ESA JUICE tracker - https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Juice/Where_is_Juice_now Come and find me at the following places – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomduneofficial/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tomduneok Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheTomDune Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/tomdune/ Music Credit: Zapsplat Metal Intro: Muzaproduction via Pixabay Retro 80’s Music: Grand_Project via Pixabay (A Hero of the 80s) Electronic Metal by: studiokolomna via Pixabay Synthwave Music by REDproductions from Pixabay #spacex #spacenews #spaceflight #spacejunk #videogames #arcade

From orbit to junkyard: For over 50 years we’ve been rocketing more and more objects into low Earth orbit. That could soon turn another environment into an unusable junkyard of space waste. With increasing reliance on satellites, outer space needs urgent attention and cleanup solutions. Credits: Reporter: Amelia Hemphill Video Editor: Markus Mörtz Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What we can do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess. #PlanetA #SpaceWaste #Cleaningupspace Read more: Basic information on space debris by the European Space Agency https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/About_space_debris European Space Agency on the socio-economic impacts of too much space debris https://conference.sdo.esoc.esa.int/proceedings/sdc8/paper/12/SDC8-paper12.pdf Study on threats and removal techniques of space debris https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID3658981_code3253098.pdf?abstractid=3511445&mirid=1&type=2 Photography series of space debris https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834371-400-space-debris-problem-highlighted-in-new-series-of-photographs/ Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 Why space junk is dangerous 02:35 Ingenious solutions 04:35 How to de-orbit 07:16 Challenges 09:13 Conclusion

While most debris from rocket launches and space junk falls into the ocean, some of it crashes down onto land, and could one day land in your own back yard. Special thanks to Ewan Wright, Graduate Student, University of British Columbia, Canada https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewan-wright/ Learn more: SPACEFLIGHT https://www.spacetv.net/live-stream-guide-rocket-launches-and-landings/ CHINA SPACE AGENCY (CNSA) https://www.spacetv.net/cnsa/ BLUE ORIGIN https://www.spacetv.net/blue-origin/ SPACEX https://www.spacetv.net/spacex-news/ COMMERCIAL SPACEFLIGHT https://www.spacetv.net/commercial-space/ Written and researched by Josh Wallis https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-wallis/ https://twitter.com/fuddymus Narrated by Diedra O’Ree http://www.dididoesvoices.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/dididoesvoices Fact Checker Siddarth Rishi Produced by SPACETV https://spacetv.net Technical support by TheseWorlds https://theseworlds.com Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-022-01718-8 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2327922-10-per-cent-chance-falling-rockets-will-hit-someone-in-next-decade/ https://www.rocketlaunch.live/stats/2021 https://politics.ubc.ca/profile/michael-byers/ Credits: Jonas Bendiksen https://www.jonasbendiksen.com/books/satellites NASA / SpaceX European Space Agency, ESA NNSA US DOE Federal Government of the United States China National Space Administration (CNSA)/China Media Group(CMG)/China Central Television (CCTV) Hanif Dasleozz Blue Origin Contact SPACETV https://www.spacetv.net/contact-us/ SPACETV.NET 2023

If Moon was created with a big collision, where's the crater? Can we fix the space trash problem? Is doing Astronomy just a waste of money that can be better spent elsewhere? What will come after DART? All this and more in this week's Q&A. 🦄 Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/universetoday 00:00 Start 02:01 [Tatooine] Is Astronomy just a waste of money? 07:17 [Coruscant] How do scientists react to being wrong? 09:25 [Hoth] Where's Theia's crater? 11:22 [Naboo] If no Big Rip, what's left? 14:52 [Kamino] What about returning to the Moon? 17:22 [Bespin] Is life everywhere? 20:34 [Mustafar] Will there be DART successors? 24:23 [Alderaan] How to fix space debris? 28:53 [Dagobah] EHT but in space? 34:26 [Yavin] Dark energy after heat death? 37:29 [Mandalore] Viking missions controversy? 42:39 Outro 📰 EMAIL NEWSLETTER Read by 55,000 people every Friday. Written by Fraser. No ads. Subscribe Free: https://universetoday.com/newsletter 🎧 PODCASTS Universe Today: https://universetoday.fireside.fm/ Weekly Space Hangout: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/ Astronomy Cast: http://www.astronomycast.com/ 🤳 OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter: https://twitter.com/fcain Twitter: https://twitter.com/universetoday Facebook: https://facebook.com/universetoday Instagram: https://instagram.com/universetoday 📩 CONTACT FRASER [email protected] ⚖️ LICENSE Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) You are free to use my work for any purpose you like, just mention me as the source and link back to this video.

The mission of the Secure World Foundation is to work with governments, industry, international organizations, and civil society to develop and promote ideas and actions to achieve the secure, sustainable, and peaceful uses of outer space benefiting Earth and all its peoples. The 4th Summit for Space Sustainability is a high-level, multi-day event focused on developing solutions for space sustainability, hosted by the Secure World Foundation. The 2022 was held in June at the Science Museum in London with the UK Space Agency. We speak with the Summit Chair Krystal Azelton, who is Director of Space Applications Programs at Secure World Foundation. Krystal has over 10 years of international and domestic space, public policy, and management experience. Prior to joining SWF, Ms. Azelton was a consultant at Access Partnership, where she worked with international satellite service providers and other leading technology companies on policy issues related to spectrum management, emergency communications, telecommunications standards, orbital debris, and multilateral processes including representing industry at the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission. She has also served as a project manager at the Tauri Group, a leading aerospace analytics firm, providing research, analysis, strategic planning, and regulatory assessment to government and commercial clients. She led and supported production of NASA’s strategic plans, audits, performance plans, budgets, and annual reports. Her work exposed to the full range of NASA’s Earth observation, human exploration, and aviation programs. In that role, she was also recognized as a key member of a data management team that received the NASA Group Achievement Award. For more information visit https://swfound.org/ #SWFSummit22

To get more transparent news, visit https://ground.news/primal and subscribe for unlimited access! Have you ever thought about space debris and wondered whether or not it can be controlled or what happens if that debris lands on your property? There are millions of pieces of space debris surrounding our Earth from old satellites all the way down to flecks of paint, but when it comes to objects making it to the ground we only need to worry about the really large pieces (since the small ones will burn up in the atmosphere). In many ways, some space fans even see debris falling near them as lucky instead of unlucky. Want to know why? In this video I'm talking about Space Debris; what it is, how it can (or can't) be controlled and what happens when it hits the ground. Short on time? No problem. Feel free to skip ahead in this video using the chapter links below. 00:00 Let's Talk About Space Debris 00:48 SpaceX Space Debris Recovery 01:36 The Dangers of Space Debris 03:48 How We Track Space Debris 04:49 Who Owns Space Debris? 06:32 Has Anyone Been Hit by Space Debris? Enjoy this video and interested in seeing more? Let me know in the comments below and don't forget to subscribe! Our animation rendering machine MacBook Pro 2023 M2: https://geni.us/7Ped Intel Core i9-13900KF: https://geni.us/jSFbI Thanks to the following channels for their awesome footage: Cosmic Perspective - https://www.youtube.com/c/CosmicPerspective Sociedad de Astronomia del Caribe - https://twitter.com/soc_astrocaribe Dr Brad Tucker - https://www.youtube.com/c/DrBradTucker ABC News Aus - https://www.youtube.com/c/NewsOnABC Starship Gazer - https://www.youtube.com/c/StarshipGazer Thumbnail image by Jonas Bendiksen References: https://primalnebula.com/the-space-debris-problem/ Support Primal Space by becoming a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/primalspace Twitter: https://twitter.com/thePrimalSpace Music used in this video: » Lights In The Abyss - Serge Pavkin Music » Lemon Drops ft. Jacquire King - Stephan Sharp » Solar Flare - I think I Can Help You » Pond Life - Jamie West-Oram » Lie On The Tracks - Trout Recording » See You - Maxzwell » Cloud Wheels Castle Builder - Puddle Of Infinity Credits: Written and edited by Ewan Cunningham (https://www.instagram.com/ewan_cee/) Narrated by: Beau Stucki (http://beaustucki.com/) Primal Space is a participant in the in the Amazon Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme that allows channels to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk & Amazon.com. #SpaceX #SpaceDebris #SpaceTreaty

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The continued testing of destructive antisatellite (ASAT) capabilities, even against one's own satellites, is a destabilizing activity in which no responsible state should engage. Since 1959, four countries have conducted tests that have destroyed satellites and created thousands of pieces of space debris that persisted for years and even decades afterwards. This behavior threatens our current and long-term ability to access and derive benefits from space. This panel will discuss why an ASAT test ban is important, how this prohibition might take shape, why something like this is possible now, and how it fits into other discussions on responsible behavior in space. Speakers Daniel Oltrogge (Opening Presenter) COMSPOC Corporation, Director Sabrina Alam (Panelist) SES, Senior Specialist, ESG and Sustainability Almudena Azcárate Ortega (Panelist) UNIDIR, Associate Researcher Clive Hughes (Panelist) UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Head of Space Security and Advanced Threats Nivedita Raju (Panelist) Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Jessica Tok (Panelist) U.S. Dept of Defense - OASD Space Policy, Space Policy Analyst Brian Weeden (Moderator) Secure World Foundation, Director

As more countries and companies show interest in cleaning up space, the challenge becomes deciding what the priorities are for orbital debris remediation. Should the focus be on removing small debris or large debris, or both? Where does just-in-time collision avoidance fit? This panel will discuss the pros and cons of these options and more as we try and develop a strategy for cleaning up space. Speakers Satomi Kawamoto (Opening Presenter) JAXA, Senior Researcher Anousheh Ansari (Panelist) XPRIZE Foundation, CEO Chris Blackerby (Panelist) Astroscale, Group COO Jacob Geer (Panelist) UK Space Agency, Chief of Staff Holger Krag (Panelist) ESA, Head of the Space Safety Programme Office Luc Piguet (Panelist) Clearspace, CEO and Co-founder Ian Christensen (Moderator) Secure World Foundation, Director

The Trump Administration’s announcement of Space Policy Directive 3 in June 2018 kickstarted a renewed debate over how to create a space traffic management framework to oversee a burgeoning number of satellites and diverse space activities. In March 2022, the European Union announced their own approach to STM, which is billed as distinctly different from the US approach. This panel will discuss how things have evolved over the last four years and what the balance between bottom-up national initiatives, multilateral agreements, and industry standards should be in creating a STM regime. Speakers Mariel Borowitz (Panelist) Georgia Institute of Technology, Associate Professor Brien Flewelling (Speaker) ExoAnalytic Solutions, Chief SSA Architect Aarti Holla-Maini (Panelist) GSOA, Secretary General Rodolphe Muñoz (Panelist) European Commission, Legal officer Brian Weeden (Moderator) Secure World Foundation, Director

Space applications, including position, navigation and timing (PNT), Earth observation and telecommunications satellites, provide significant societal benefits in support of a wide variety of human and environmental concerns. Space science and exploration also provide unique benefits to humanity. Yet, news coverage of space activities has grown less positive in recent years, particularly on social media and regarding new launch companies and very large constellations. How has the space community contributed to these narratives and what is the role of the space community in focusing on communicating benefit? Speakers Farzana Baduel (Panelist) Curzon PR, CEO Camille Calibeo (Panelist) Orbit Fab / @TheGalacticGal Peggy Hollinger (Panelist) Financial Times, International Business Editor Daniel Smith (Panelist) AstroAgency, Founder Melissa Thorpe (Panelist) Spaceport Cornwall, CEO Krystal Azelton (Moderator) Secure World Foundation, Conference Chair

Hypernova is a private South-African company entering the market of space exploration, and they promise a solution for the growing problem of space junk. Learn more: SATELLITES & CUBESATS https://www.spacetv.net/satellites-cubesats/ SPACE JUNK https://www.spacetv.net/space-junk/ SPACE MINING https://www.spacetv.net/space-mining/ COMMERICAL SPACE https://www.spacetv.net/commercial-space/ Written and edited by Francisco Caçador https://www.linkedin.com/in/francisco-cacador/ https://franciscocacador.wordpress.com/ Narrated by Sarah Jupp https://www.sarahjupp.com/ Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58724195 https://africanews.space/south-africas-hypernova-is-building-a-class-of-propulsion-systems-for-small-satellite-manufacturers/ https://mg.co.za/special-reports/2021-10-04-seven-tech-companies-to-be-showcased-to-potential-investors-at-summit/ Credits: NASA European Space Agency Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/SPACETVnet​​ Join us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/spacetv.net​​ SPACETV.NET 2022

The internet changed the world when it connected people around the globe. But today, in many parts of the world, a strong, stable internet connection is still a luxury. Several space entrepreneurs and giant corporations are developing advanced networks of satellites to create a global high-speed broadband network. How will “world wide wifi” change the world again? Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/c/CuriosityStreaming?sub_confirmation=1 Website: https://curiositystream.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/curiositystream/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CuriosityStream Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/curiositystream/

This episode is sponsored by Wren, a website where you calculate your carbon footprint. Sign up to make a monthly contribution to offset your carbon footprint or support rainforest protection projects: https://www.wren.co/start/scishowspace We've launched thousands of spacecraft over the years. And as the space junk around our planet builds up, researchers are working on ways to clean things up using some obvious things, like lasers, and some less obvious ones, like solar sails. Hosted By: Hank Green ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow and David Brooks! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.esa.int/Safety_Security/Space_Debris/Setting_sail_for_sustainable_space https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration/Ultra-thin_sail_could_speed_journey_to_other_star_systems https://www.space.com/light-sail-2-solar-sail-still-flying-planetary-society https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/tdm/solarsail/index.html Previous episodes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9I0j_D2oSw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STo2mV1_FfU Images: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/the-space-shuttle-lifts-off-from-the-launch-pad-stock-footage/1304191473 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Debris-GEO1280.jpg https://orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov/photo-gallery/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NASA_Earth-observing_Fleet_June_2012.ogv https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/space-debris-around-planet-earth-stock-footage/1309135881?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:STS-118_debris_entry.jpg https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/space-junk-orbiting-earth-stock-footage/488829648?adppopup=true https://www.flickr.com/photos/sneak046/16645222450 https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/galactic-trash-orbiting-earth-royalty-free-image/1125629273?adppopup=true https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D2%9B%D0%BE%D2%9B%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Laser_broom_(artistic).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cleanspace_One_chasser.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_Sail_(14914129324).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IKAROS_solar_sail.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightSail_2_Deployment_Test.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightSail_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LightSail_2_with_deployed_solar_sail.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Solar_sail_tests.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NanoSail-D_in_orbit_(artist_depiction).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jules_Verne_Automated_Transfer_Vehicle_re-enters_Earth%27s_atmosphere.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/spacetech/small_spacecraft/ACS3 https://www.nasa.gov/launching-science-and-technology/solar-sail-test-will-study-near-earth-asteroid

An object expected to hit the Moon in March is not part of a SpaceX rocket as first thought. Learn more: SPACEX https://www.spacetv.net/spacex-news/ CHINESE SPACE AGENCY (CNSA) https://www.spacetv.net/cnsa/ SPACE JUNK https://www.spacetv.net/space-junk/ THE MOON https://www.spacetv.net/the-moon/ Sources: https://www.projectpluto.com/temp/correct.htm https://www.esa.int/Safety_Security/Space_Debris/Incoming!_Debris_enroute_to_the_Moon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-60378119 Credits: NASA Orbital Debris Program Office NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio NASA’s Johnson Space Center SPACETV.NET