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Space Junk Removal Testing Craft Ejected From the ISS

posted by martyb on Friday June 22 2018, @01:28PM   Printer-friendly
from the gonna-need-a-bigger-net dept.

takyon writes:

Astronauts eject UK-led space junk demo mission

A UK-led project to showcase methods to tackle space junk has just been pushed out of the International Space Station.

The RemoveDebris satellite was ejected a short while ago with the help of a robotic arm.

The 100kg craft, built in Guildford, has a net and a harpoon.

These are just two of the multiple ideas currently being considered to snare rogue hardware, some 7,500 tonnes of which is now said to be circling the planet.

Previously: SpaceX Launches CRS-14 Resupply Mission to the ISS

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 22 2018, @10:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 22 2018, @10:33PM (#697002)

    Way ahead of it's time, apparently. Isaac Asimov was the show's scientific adviser:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvage_1 [wikipedia.org]

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