Mixed Results For Japanese Space Tether Experiment

Credit: HTV-6: NASA
A Japanese space experiment designed to demonstrate a method of de-orbiting man-made space debris failed to deploy a key test component, but the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency did gather some useful information. The experiment involved using electrodynamic tether technologies as a means of...

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