Mar 29, 2018
Astro litter-picker launches to help clean up 7,600 tonnes of space junk
Posted by Genevieve Klien in categories: Elon Musk, space travel
T he world’s most advanced litter-picker will be launched into space next week to clean up floating debris which is threatening satellites and the International Space Station (ISS).
Surrey University has designed a spacecraft which can grab space junk then pull it into Earth’s atmosphere where it is burned up.
The little craft, named RemoveDebris, is due to launch from the Kennedy Space Centre on Monday, on board one of Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.
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