Space Junk: Could It Trap Us on Earth Forever?
What links a silent satellite, a discarded rocket stage and a lost tool? Each can become part of the human-made material orbiting Earth, but not every object in space is space junk. This section explains what space debris is and how it differs from naturally occurring objects such as meteoroids.
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