"This chain reaction can make certain orbits become unsafe and unusable over time as debris continues to collide and fragment again and again, creating a cascading effect," the ESA says in a summary.

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In December 2015, Tim Peake became the first British European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut to go into space. He lived and worked for six months on board the International Space Station.

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched one of its most precise science experiments to date — the Atomic Clock Ensemble in Space (ACES)—to the International Space Station (ISS).

Daily headlines, straight to your inboxRead it online first and stay up-to-date, delivered daily at 7 AM Sign Up “This proposed rule aims to align the definition with the plain text of the ESA ...