Astroscale just scored up to $80 million from the Japanese government to continue its fight against space junk. The Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (known as MEXT) ...

Astroscale's inspector satellite will examine a discarded Japanese upper stage to prepare for a later removal mission. Credit: Astroscale WASHINGTON — The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has ...

Rocket Lab launched an ambitious space-junk inspection satellite for the Japanese company Astroscale Sunday morning (Feb. 18), "The ADRAS-J mission will be the world's first attempt to safely approach ...

LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rocket Lab USA, Inc. (Nasdaq: RKLB) (“Rocket Lab” or “the Company”), a global leader in launch services and space systems, today announced it has set the launch ...

The space cleanup company is partnering with OneWeb, which is putting a broadband satellite fleet into space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A new Astroscale video shows how the End of Life Services by Astroscale-Multiple mission, ELSA-M, will capture and deorbit a OneWeb communications satellite. “ELSA-M will be the ...

The world's first satellite that uses magnets to gather up space junk will launch this weekend. The craft, called ELSA-d and made by Japanese firm Astroscale, will blast off from Kazakhstan aboard a ...

Space startup Astroscale has launched ELSA-d, the demonstration mission for its End-of-Life Services by Astroscale (ELSA) technology, which aims to dock with, and then safely remove, orbital debris.

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Astra Space, Inc. (“Astra”) (Nasdaq: ASTR) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Astroscale Holdings Inc (“Astroscale”), the market leader in ...

It’s invisible in the night sky, but above us there is a cloud of more than 9,000 tons of space junk – equivalent to the weight of 720 school buses. This debris is composed of parts of old satellites ...

Astroscale hit a major milestone Wednesday, when its space junk removal demo satellite that’s currently in orbit successfully captured and released a client spacecraft using a magnetic system. The End ...