NASA’s Plan to be the Maytag Man for Satellites

NASA’s Plan to be the Maytag Man for Satellites

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Season 1, Episode 1740 , Segment 3

Prison Order, Slowing Equality, Space in Space

Episode: Prison Order, Slowing Equality, Space in Space

  • Nov 26, 2021 9:00 pm
  • 16:54

The International Space Station got in a fender-bender when some flying debris punctured one of its arms. Collisions like this are happening more and more frequently as Earth’s orbit becomes more crowded with new satellites and aging ones that are becoming, more often than not, just space trash. NASA’s developed a plan to clean up orbit. Ben Reed, former Deputy Director of the Satellite Servicing Projects Division at NASA, explains. (Photo Credit: NASA ODPO)