50 years after launching our dreams into space, we’re left with a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris that threatens the safety of earth’s orbits. SPACE JUNK is a visually ...

If you want to see the kind of damage orbital debris could inflict on the International Space Station, watch the movie Gravity. Well, "every once in a while, a piece of space junk hurtles through ...

It was probably the most realistic portrayal of space at the time ... Chris Lawrence: We went to incredible lengths on the movie "Gravity" to portray microgravity or zero gravity.

“Gravity” is an amazing movie for a variety ... There is practically no reason to put characters in space in a movie if you’re not going to put them in dire trouble, and Cuaron, who co ...

The space around Earth ... of a satellite or debris to an accuracy of around 100 meters,” said the TU Graz team in a press release. Understanding Earth’s gravity field is crucial for ...