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Japan successfully orbits giant space junk collector

12/09/2016

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Around 100 million pieces of <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/space-debris/" target="_blank">trash</a> cast off from <a href="http://inhabitat.com/tag/satellites/" target="_blank">satellites</a> and rockets are circulating in space, causing hundreds of potentially dangerous collisions each year. Now <a href="http://global.jaxa.jp/" target="_blank">Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency</a> (JAXA) just blasted into orbit a space garbage collector, constructed with the help of a 106-year-old fishing net manufacturer, to help remedy the mess we humans have created.

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Japan HTV6 Space Junk Gatherer

JAXA made the space trash collector with the help of fishing net manufacturer Nitto Seimo.

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Japan Space

Around 100 million pieces of trash cast off from satellites and rockets are circulating in space, causing hundreds of potentially dangerous collisions each year. Now Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) just blasted into orbit a space garbage collector, constructed with the help of a 106-year-old fishing net manufacturer, to help remedy the mess we humans have created.

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