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NASA concerned about space s growing trash problem Rachael Joy, Florida Today © Craig Bailey/FLORIDA TODAY A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station with the company s 16th batch of Starlink internet satellites on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. 2020 has been a banner year for the space industry with a record number of 31 launches from Kennedy Space Center and five more in Virginia and California.   With more stuff going to space, there’s also more trash in space nearly 6,000 tons and it’s becoming a major problem. NASA says low-Earth orbit is a space junk yard filled with millions of pieces of rockets, spacecraft and satellites flying at speeds up to 18,000 miles per hour – almost seven times faster than a bullet.

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