Our increasingly cluttered skies
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In the 2013 movie Gravity, Russia destroys its own spy satellite with a missile, creating a cloud of shrapnel and subsequent orbital collisions that rip apart spaceships and astronauts alike. Earth orbit is a place where life imitates art: Eight years later, Moscow launched an actual missile strike on a defunct Soviet satellite, blasting thousands Continue reading "Our increasingly cluttered skies" The post Our increasingly cluttered skies appeared first on Astronomy Magazine .
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