Gizmodo.com May 08, 2026 • 14:05

Composite Artemis II Animation Shows Just How Much Stuff Is in Low Earth Orbit - Gizmodo

By Tom Hawking

It's like playing dodgeball! Except the ball is traveling at 17,000 mph!

We often hear about the number of objects that are whizzing around our planet, but its rare that we actually get to see the situation for ourselves. NASA released a decent visualization a couple of y… [+3298 chars]

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Composite Artemis II Animation Shows Just How Much Stuff Is in Low Earth Orbit - Gizmodo

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