More lunar missions mean more space junk around the Moon – two scientists are building a catalog to track the trash

Satellite in front of the moon.
Monday, February 6, 2023

Vishnu Reddy, a professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona, writes that space junk is an emerging problem that could create hazardous conditions for astronauts
and spacecraft in the future.

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