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Fly-around observation images of space debris released

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has advanced the Commercial Removal of Debris Demonstration (CRD2) Phase I project. Under this initiative, the demonstration satellite ADRAS-J, developed by Astroscale Japan Inc., has successfully captured images of space debris, a non-cooperative target, through "Fly-around observation." These images have now been released by Astroscale Japan Inc.
The fly-around observation service is the third of the four services required by JAXA in CRD2 Phase I. This service involves pointing a camera at the target debris, maintaining a constant distance from it, and orbiting around the target debris to capture images from different directions.
Glimpses of Hera’s target asteroids inspire new science

As ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defence completes its pre-launch testing, its target asteroids have come into focus as tiny worldlets of their own. A special issue of Nature Communications published this week presents studies of the Didymos asteroid and its Dimorphos moon, based on the roughly five and a half minutes of close-range footage returned by NASA’s DART spacecraft before it impacted the latter body – along with post-impact images from the Italian Space Agency’s LICIACube.
GLOBE Alumna and Youth for Habitat Program Lead named Scientist of the Month in Alaska

Hughes introduces comprehensive cybersecurity solution for small businesses

ViaSat unveils wearable secure wireless hub for advanced network and Edge communications

ESA showcases space innovation at Gamescom

Astroscale launches SPACE PROTECTOR simulator to educate on space debris

Parker Solar Probe unlocks secrets of the Sun's surface dynamics

Organic macromolecules form quickly in star-forming regions

New insights into the formation of organic macromolecules in space
