While humanity has only been launching huge payloads into outer space since the 1950s, with Sputnik breaking into orbit in 1957,…

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While humanity has only been launching huge payloads into outer space since the 1950s, with Sputnik breaking into orbit in 1957, a lot of human-made debris and technology now circle the planet. A new data visualization project called Stuff in Space is an interactive portal for the satellites, rocket parts, and collision fragments up above the Earth.

Follow All the Tech and Trash Orbiting Earth, in Real Time