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The Nasty Problem of Cleaning Up Space Junk at 17,500 Miles Per Hour
Bloomberg· 1 day agoThe Nimbus, scheduled to soar on an Elon Musk rocket 280 miles (450 kilometers) above the planet in late 2024, will have a lifespan of ...
Japan captures 1st image of space debris from orbit, and it's spookily stunning
LiveScience· 4 days agoThis orbital photo op is the first step in an ongoing mission to capture and destroy potentially hazardous pieces of space junk that ...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 2 weeks agoA spacecraft has carefully approached and imaged a large hunk of metal orbiting Earth — a step in...
Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target
The Register· 2 weeks 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 ...
China launches lunar probe, looking to be 1st nation to get samples from far side of moon
USA Today· 1 week agoChina is aiming to become the first nation to ever retrieve samples from the far-side of the moon...