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Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target
The Register· 7 hours agoAsia In Brief Japan's effort to start a business disposing of space junk is off to a promising start, after the ADRAS-J satellite spotted its first target and sent back images. Launched in February ...
Space debris: Could it land on your doorstep?
CCM· 3 days agoWith the increasing accumulation of space detritus, albeit a remote possibility, comes the heightened risk of these objects making an uninvited return to...
Chinese Astronauts Performed Emergency Space Station Repairs Following Debris Impact
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 4 days agoChina’s space station crew carried out two spacewalks this past winter to repair the solar wings...
China's Tiangong space station damaged by debris strike: report
SPACE.com· 5 days agoChina will beef up its space debris procedures for astronauts after a partial loss of power on its...
A hunk of space junk crashed through his roof in Florida. Who should pay to fix it?
KPBS San Diego· 6 days agoAlejandro Otero was out of town on vacation last month when his son called from their house in...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 2 days ago"Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission." The mission is part of ...
CLEAR Mission for space debris removal reaches key milestone
Electronics Weekly· 6 days agoClearSpace's CLEAR Mission - for space debris removal - has reached a key development milestone,...
Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket
Futurism via Yahoo News· 2 days agoSpaced Out A Japanese spacecraft claims it has recently rendezvoused with a three-ton piece of rocket debris in a high-stakes flight, the BBC reports, in...
Japan comes face to face with its own space junk
BBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe object is a discarded rocket segment that's about 11m by 4m (36ft by 15ft), with a mass of three tonnes. It's the first time anyone has managed to...
Russian Space Junk Came Alarmingly Close to Smashing Into NASA Satellite
Gizmodo· 7 days agoFurther analysis of a near-miss collision between two satellites in space revealed that they came...