Illustration showing the growing problem of space junk, from the 1950s (top left) to the present day (bottom right). Space junk consist of debris left in orbit from space missions: abandoned or broken satellites, satellite pieces, tools dropped by astronauts, or even space rocks captured into Earth orbit. | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzfrei |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Garlick, Mark |
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