Japan launches ‘Space Junk’ collector

Japan has launched a cargo ship carrying a ‘space junk’ collector made with the help of a fishnet company to the International Space Station (ISS). The cargo ship will carry space junk collector and other materials like batteries and drinking water for the astronauts living on the International Space Station (ISS). A capsule named Kounotori ..

Topics: Electrodynamic tether • H-II Transfer Vehicle • International Space Station • Kounotori 6 • Kounotori 7 • Litter • Outer space • Space debris • Spacecraft • Spacecraft propulsion • Spaceflight