ODPO Impacts Gallery

Overhead imagery looking into an impact through-hole on Bay 5 multi-layer insulation (MLI). Left image is focused closest to observer,...

Overhead imagery looking into an impact through-hole on Bay 5 multi-layer insulation (MLI). Left image is focused closest to observer,...

A close-up view of a panel from the Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) spacecraft.

Solid rocket motor (SRM) slag. Aluminum oxide slag is a byproduct of SRMs.

Window pit from orbital debris on STS-007.

Orbital debris damage seen during Hubble Space Telescope repairs.

After in-space repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope, the returned parts show many orbital debris impacts.

An impact that completely penetrated the antenna dish of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Space Shuttle window being inspected for orbital debris impacts.

STS-092 vertical stabilizer damage from orbital debris.

Paint flakes captured by Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP).

Solar Max satellite repair. Several metal louvers and thermal blankets were returned from the Solar Max satellite.

Mir Environmental Effects Payload (MEEP) Orbital Debris Collector (ODC) was exposed to the space environment for 18 months.

View of an orbital debris hole made in the panel of the Solar Max experiment.

Long Duration Exposure Facility (LDEF) was left in low Earth orbit for 5.7 years before being retrieved by space shuttle...

Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres (ODERACS) experiment deployed spheres and dipoles from the Shuttle to calibrate the Haystack orbital debris...