Rocket reentries are leaving measurable lithium pollution in the upper atmosphere

On February 19, 2025, a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster fell back toward Earth, its fiery descent slicing across Europe's night sky.
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Study links SpaceX rocket debris to lithium pollution spike in atmosphere

First direct evidence links SpaceX rocket debris to a tenfold lithium spike in the upper atmosphere, raising pollution concerns..

Scientists measure air pollution from reentering SpaceX rocket in real-time: 'It's never been done before'

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
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Scientists track air pollution from SpaceX Falcon 9 reentry in real time

Scientists tracked lithium pollution from a SpaceX Falcon 9 reentry in real time, linking rocket debris to atmospheric changes using LIDAR measurements over Europe.
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How powerful lasers can measure air pollution from space debris

Scientists directly measured the lithium left behind in the mesosphere when pieces of a SpaceX rocket fell to Earth over ...
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Atmospheric pollution caused by space junk could be a huge problem

After a Falcon 9 rocket stage burned up in the atmosphere, vaporised lithium and other metals drifted over Europe. This ...

Study Confirms: Reentering SpaceX Rockets Are Peppering the Upper Atmosphere With Metal Pollution

The recent study focuses on the amount of lithium left behind from a single rocket reentry. Previous studies have already ...
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Cool Gear: Topcon CR-S1 Blends LiDAR, SLAM, and GNSS in One Field Tool

Topcon Positioning Systems just announced a new handheld scanner that handles a lot of impressive tech, and it runs off your ...

Physical AI Is The Next Frontier; Buy Ouster

Ouster is a 'Buy,' given the company's leadership in digital LiDAR and optical sensing for physical AI applications. Click ...
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Camera, LiDAR, and IMU Based Multi-Sensor Fusion SLAM: A Survey

Abstract: In recent years, Simultaneous Localization And Mapping (SLAM) technology has prevailed in a wide range of applications, such as autonomous driving, intelligent robots, Augmented Reality (AR) ...

GeoCue to Unveil Four New LP360 Software Add-ons at Geo Week 2026

Denver, CO, Feb. 17, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GeoCue will unveil four new add-ons for its LP360 Drone point cloud processing software at Geo Week 2026 in Denver: AI Ground+, AI Forestry, AI Utilities ...