'Drag sail' to deorbit satellites receives $750K in seed funding - Space.com

A "drag sail" concept designed to help get space junk out of orbit just received a cash infusion.

space community about space debris in recent weeks, including a fresh pledge to address the growing problem by the Federal Communications Commission and via policy from the Biden administration.

— Space junk threat: Researchers working to reduce impact of falling debris.

— Kessler Syndrome and the space debris problem.

The first spacecraft to demonstrate similar active space debris-removal technologies deployed from the International Space Station in 2018, and China tested a drag sail of its own in 2022.

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in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, and a Bachelor of Journalism from Canada's Carleton University.

Elizabeth first got interested in space after watching the movie Apollo 13 in 1996, and still wants to be an astronaut someday.

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