{"id":65043,"date":"2026-04-13T15:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=65043"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:00:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T14:00:39","slug":"our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Fragile Space: a photographic exhibition highlighting the grave and deepening issue of space debris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65044\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragule-space-apr26-01\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-01.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,525\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775833645&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragule-space-apr26-01\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-01.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65044\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-01.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-01-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Currently on display in the Burlington House courtyard (outside the Royal Academy in Piccadilly) is this striking set of large photographic prints highlighting the grave and deepening issue of space debris.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragule-space-apr26-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,551\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775832896&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragule-space-apr26-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-02.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-02.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-02-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Created and led by photographer Max Alexander and supported by the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), the exhibition highlights the growing concern about the huge build up of of space debris.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/ras.ac.uk\/news-and-press\/news\/powerful-space-debris-exhibition-coming-ras\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">exhibition website<\/a> says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The display will exhibit the growing threat space debris poses to our environment and way of life \u2013 concerns shared by the RAS, particularly in the wake of plans by SpaceX, Reflect Orbital and China to launch a combined 1.25 million satellites into an already crowded and increasingly perilous low-Earth orbit.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragule-space-apr26-03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,509\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775832974&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragule-space-apr26-03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-03.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-03.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-03-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-03-135x93.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>RAS President Professor Mike Lockwood said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Max Alexander&#8217;s brilliant exhibition is a powerful and timely reminder of the growing threat of space junk.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thought-provoking and instructive in equal measure, the images add weight to an urgent question in need of a global answer \u2013 how do we tackle a problem that could have devastating consequences not just for astronomy, but for us all?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65047\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragule-space-apr26-04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,505\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775833135&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragule-space-apr26-04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-04.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-04.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-04-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-04-135x93.jpg 135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65048\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragule-space-apr26-05\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-05.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,551\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775833139&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragule-space-apr26-05\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-05.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-05.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-05-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragule-space-apr26-06\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-06.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,526\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775833548&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragule-space-apr26-06\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-06.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-06.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-06-300x215.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65050\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragule-space-apr26-07\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-07.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,551\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;OM-3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1775833565&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragule-space-apr26-07\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-07.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-07.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragule-space-apr26-07-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>More info<\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"65051\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/our-fragile-space-a-photographic-exhibition-highlighting-the-grave-and-deepening-issue-of-space-debris\/fragile\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragile.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"735,459\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fragile\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragile.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-65051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragile.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/fragile-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Our Fragile Space&#8217; by Max Alexander and the Royal Astronomical Society<br \/>\nBurlington House courtyard, Piccadilly, London W1<br \/>\n19 March &#8211; 10 May 2026 &#8211; free entry<\/p>\n<h4>Background<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ras.ac.uk\/news-and-press\/news\/spacex-and-reflect-orbital-plans-would-permanently-scar-night-sky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX and Reflect Orbital plans would &#8216;permanently scar&#8217; night sky<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Join the discussion<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban75.net\/forums\/threads\/london-art-exhibitions-installations-and-events-photos-and-chat.374789\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">London art exhibitions, installations and events \u2013 photos and chat<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Currently on display in the Burlington House courtyard (outside the Royal Academy in Piccadilly) is this striking set of large photographic prints highlighting the grave and deepening issue of space &hellip; 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