Portal Space Systems, a company developing maneuverable spacecraft, is partnering with an Australian startup to offer a commercial debris removal service.

Portal Space Systems is partnering with Paladin Space on a commercial service that would round up and dispose of orbital debris.

Look in the night sky, and you’ll see planets, stars, maybe even a satellite. But what you don’t see are all the other objects floating around Earth -- also known as space junk. “Space debris put ...

In 2020, the European Space Agency signed a contract with Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to "purchase a unique service: the first-ever removal of an item of space debris from orbit," according to ESA. C ...

Katherine Courtney and Alice Gorman talk to Margaret Harris about the danger of space debris – and what we need to do about it Jettisoned junk A pallet of old batteries released into space from the ...

A new space debris removal project aims to blast hazardous junk out of harm's way from a distance, without the need for physical contact. Called ALBATOR, the 3.9 million Euro ($4.6 million USD) ...

ALBATOR has a multi-million dollar grant to study touchless space junk removal. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...