The 1990’s was a time of great space exploration but mankind also left a few things behind. Here I have listed the top 10 strangest types of space pollution.

1. A glove

During the first US space walk in 1965, astronaut Edward White lost a spare glove. For a month, the item orbited space at 17,389mph before re-entering the atmosphere.

2. A Spatula

In July 2005, space-walker Piers Sellers admitted that, bizarrely, he’d lost a spatula on a spacewalk. It was nicknamed “spatsat” by junk watchers.

3. Rubbish

Bin liners full of rubbish were jettisoned by the Soviet Mir cosmonauts on board the space station. Later, an Indonesian satellite was struck by urine and fecal matter.

4. A camera

A camera became a satellite after the device cam undone during a seven hour spacewalk in 1996

5. A toothbrush

The cabinet that held astronaut Michael Foale’s toothbrush was ripped of the Mir space station after a collision with an unmanned vehicle. He sent a message urgently requesting a new one.

6. Pliers

During a two-and-a-half hour mission to repair solar panels, Dr Scott Parazynski, managed to lose his specially designed pliers. They’re now being tracked by NASA.

7. Nuclear fuel

Old Soviet nuclear-powered spy satellites are losing coolant into space that is congealing into balls about one-inch in diameter and causing problems for other satellites.

8. A rocket

A mysterious object labelled “J002ER” drifted into Earth’s orbit in 2002 - scientists were baffled. It turned out to be a rocket from the Apollo 12 mission from 1969.

9. A pen

Pedro Duue kept all loose items on bits of string. But his method proved flawed after his ballpoint pen was torn off during a space walk in 2003.

10. Bolts

More careless construction work on board the International Space Station. This time, two separate Astro-mechanics lost bolts to the eternal void in 1996.