This space harpoon could be a solution to our growing space junk problem

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Maria Dermentzi

The RemoveDEBRIS mission has successfully tested a harpoon that was designed to capture space junk in orbit. This marks the second successful attempt for the research team. In September 2018, they deployed a net that wrapped itself around an orbiting piece of debris. 

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