More than 8,000 tons of dangerous space debris orbit Earth. Can we clean up space before it’s too late?

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Space debris is a defunct object in space that was made by humans, such as a decommissioned satellite or fragments from the break-up of rocket bodies.

NASA estimates that more than 500,000 waste objects larger than a marble are currently in orbit. As the number of exploratory missions and our dependence on satellites has increased, so too has the risk of collisions with rogue space junk.

Previous accidents have resulted in the scattering of thousands of additional pieces of space debris. Could an autonomous, robotic spacecraft help “take out” the trash? An upcoming mission, known as ClearSpace-1, is attempting to do just that.

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Director's note: John Crassidis, PhD, is a professor at University at Buffalo.

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