Have you heard of Vanguard, Suitsat, and Fengyun?
My guess is...no.
They are three pieces of space junk. And now, you can follow these fellas on Twitter. But...oh, this is exciting part...they will tweet you back with a status update - every time they pass overhead. All you have to do is adopt them.
Adopt space junk is part of an ambitious and creative arts project called Adrift -- the brainchild of artist Cath Le Couteur and British composer and sound artist Nick Ryan. Its main aim is to raise awareness about the dangers of space debris. And these two artists are going about it in the most innovative and absorbing manner.
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| Nick Ryan with Machine9 Pic courtesy: Japan Times |
They have also created a music machine as part of the art project. Machine 9 is a handcrafted electromechanical music machine. There are 27,000 large pieces of space junk that Nasa and other space agencies are tracking since these pose a serious threat, out of the hundreds of millions of space debris, to the safety of space missions.
Machine 9 tracks these 27000 pieces of space junk in real time and turns them into music as they pass overhead. Listen to Machine 9
In the meantime, if you want to adopt and have "fraanship" with the star debris, here's a bit more juice about 'em
Vanguard: It is a space debris from VanguardI, the first solar powered satellite launched in 1958. This piece of junk circles Earth every 130mts and will continue to orbit for the next 240 years. Love 'em and leave 'em...we humans, I tell you!
Tweet: @vanguardAdrift
SuitSat: It's a Russian spacesuit filled with trash. It was pushed out into space in 2006 by astronauts on the International Space Station. What? Haven't these guys heard of what goes around comes around, eh?
Tweet: @SuitsatAdrift
Fengyun: This piece of junk is considered to be the byproduct of the worst space debris event of all time. It is from Fengyun-IC, a Chinese weather satellite that was deliberately destroyed by China in 2007. It doubled the amount of space debris. Trust the Chinese to increase (debris) population!
Tweet: @FengyunAdrift
Check out the following videos
60 years since Sputnik was first launched.
We have managed to create hudreds of millions of space debris
The debris move at 1000 miles per hour and can cause serious damage.
NASA and other space agencies are tracking the movement of almost 29,000 large pieces of space junk that pose serious threat to the safety of space missions.
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