The photograph of space debris marks a first and progress in how to deal with space debris floating in the cosmos.
Cue the anti-space litter campaigns. A satellite captured a historic photo of space debris during a new mission.says in a post on X
, formerly Twitter. “Behold, the world’s first image of space debris captured through rendezvous and proximity operations during our ADRAS-J mission. #ShowtheWayADRASJ” The Japanese-operated ADRAS-J satellite launched into orbit atop a Rocket Lab Electron vehicle in February and is meant to “rendezvous with, and study, a big hunk of space junk,”But, the outlet notes it’s not the first close-up of space debris. The world saw an image of a spent upper stage of a Delta II rocket, which was captured after boarding the Delta II. Instead, the ADRAS-J, which stands for Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan, had to get close to its space trash subject.
, this is the first time space debris has been captured through rendezvous and proximity missions. The satellite maneuvered within a few hundred feet to take the image of the spent rocket body,“In the next phase of the mission, ADRAS-J will attempt to capture additional images of the upper stage through various controlled close approach operations,” Astroscale explains.
Space debris is an important issue as the world continues exploring the cosmos. Sending something into space happens at incredible speed, and if that were to hit space debris, the damage could be “substantial if not catastrophic,”“ADRAS-J is a groundbreaking mission as the world’s first attempt to safely approach, characterize and survey the state of an existing piece of large debris through .
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