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NASA says a 1-ton meteor blazed over Texas before breaking apart

A meteoroid weighing roughly 1 ton tore through the atmosphere over Texas on March 21, 2026, producing a brilliant fireball visible across hundreds of miles before breaking apart. NASA confirmed the ...
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Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA's Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs

NOTE: ZHR, zenithal hourly rate, the approximate number of shower-related meteors an observer would see under ideal conditions; Max Date, the date at which the highest flux of meteors is normally ...
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Limiting Future Collision Risk to Spacecraft: An Assessment of NASA's Meteoroid and Orbital Debris Programs

NASA’s orbital debris program officially began in 1979. Lacking an official program designation at the time, it was initiated in the Space Sciences Branch at Johnson Space Center (JSC) as a result of ...