Orbital dohris is "junk" made of pieces from spacecraft
that are circling Farth Humans have been launching
objects into space for more than 50 years, and most of
Woge objects have fallen back to Earth. A piece of debris
Is Barki Farth about once a day. These objects either
and or bum up in the atmosphere. Most objects that return
olarth and up in water, since it makes up 70 percent of
Earth's surface, however, many of the objects sent into
space are sull in orbit around Earth
orbit turn into a dangerous, crowded junkyard? Space
agencies around the world are working to make sure that
does not happen. Since 1988, the United States has had
anh emicial policy to keep the creation of new orbital debris
to a minimum, and NASA even has an Orbital Debris
Program Office at Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Texas. This office looks for ways to create less orbital
debris. It also looks for ways to get rid of debris that is
already in space,