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Looking Skyward: Collecting space junk

CAI | By John Basile
Published February 16, 2023 at 6:32 PM EST
ClearSpace has been selected by the European Space Agency to lead the first mission to remove an ESA-owned item from orbit. The mission is expected to launch in 2025 or 2026.
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ClearSpace has been selected by the European Space Agency to lead the first mission to remove an ESA-owned item from orbit. The mission is expected to launch in 2025 or 2026.

In this installment of Looking Skyward, CAI's John Basile talks with Dr. Regina Jorgenson of the Maria Mitchell Observatory on Nantucket about the increasing problem of space junk.

A European company is planning to begin collecting some of what's out there.

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John Basile
John Basile is the local host of All Things Considered weekday afternoons and a reporter.
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