The risk of falling space junk hitting airplanes is on the rise, experts warn

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Space debris falling back to Earth is a growing threat these days: on average, one spacecraft or its component enters our planet's atmosphere every week, mostly empty rocket stages and old satellites. Most of them do not hit the surface, as they fall quickly, but this does not mean that they cannot threaten human lives. Several studies indicate that it is only a matter of time before one of these pieces of space debris hits an airplane. Accordin…