China ends 2011 with another space milestone
China launched a remote sensing satellite from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on December 22, 2011 marking a milestone in China's space program. ... Read more →
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NASA Space Debris Chief Minimizes Phobos-Grunt Threat
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The Continuing Uncertainty of Phobos-Grunt
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ROSAT and the Liability Convention
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UARS: A Potential Opportunity to Bolster International Space Law
Motor casing of a Payload Assist Module Delta stage which re-entered the atmosphere in January 2001 and landed in Saudi Arabia (Credits:... Read more →
![A trajectory analysis that used a computational fluid dynamics approach to determine the likely position and velocity histories of the foam (Credits: NASA Ref [1] p61).](https://www.spacesafetymagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/fluid-dynamics-trajectory-analysis-50x50.jpg)
