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Spacecraft captures first portrait of space junk with close-ups to come
Fox Weather via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFor the first time, a spacecraft is capturing photos of pieces of space junk in the void of space as...
Spacecraft approaches metal object zooming around Earth, snaps footage
Mashable· 5 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 the Japan Aerospace ...
Wow! Private space-junk probe snaps historic photo of discarded rocket in orbit
Space via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSuch work will help prove out technologies that future spacecraft can...advocates say. Rocket bodies...
Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket
Futurism via Yahoo News· 5 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· 7 days agoThe European Space Agency has counted 2,220 rocket bodies still in orbit...Future missions will use robotic arms to reach out and grabspace junk ...
Japan’s Space Clean-Up Mission Leads to 15-Year-Old Rocket Debris
iTech Post· 4 days agoWell, a lot of them don't stray very far and remain in Earth's orbit, effectively cluttering up ...
Japan’s space junk cleaner closes in on its target
The Register· 4 days 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 ...
Insurers make record-breaking loss as space gets cramped
The Register· 1 day agoThe space above the Earth is getting increasingly crowded as launches become more frequent and satellites are squeezed closer together. Space< ...
A satellite that was lost in space for 25 years has finally been found
Quartz· 1 day agoThe Infra-Red Calibration Balloon (S73-7) satellite was part of the United States Air Force’s Space Test Program. After launching on April 10, 1974, a large reconnaissance ...
Daily Brief: Pink slips and immigration tips
Quartz· 11 hours agoSome of the California-based jobs will relocate to its offices in India and Mexico. Meanwhile, Google wants immigration policies to change so it can...