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A new inflatable 'Capture Bag' technology has been successfully tested on the ISS, aiming to tackle the dual challenges of removing hazardous space debris and mining resource-rich asteroids.
Decades after it was first proposed, space-based solar power remains a distant goal, caught between its promise of unlimited clean energy and immense cost.
A European-funded project called ALBATOR is developing a touchless 'tractor beam' technology to move hazardous space debris using a focused ion beam.
Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have developed a non-contact plasma engine that triples the deceleration force for removing space debris from orbit.
Engineers at Southwest Research Institute have developed a new sensor that detects and analyzes high-speed space debris impacts to improve satellite safety.
