Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket

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Japanese Spacecraft Chases Down Derelict Rocket

Spaced Out A Japanese spacecraft has rendezvoused with a three-ton piece of rocket debris in a high-stakes flight, the BBC reports, in an effort to explore whether it's possible to remove the increasing amounts of space junk floating around our planet. A satellite developed by Astroscale Japan Inc. tracked down the 15-year-old rocket segment and took a picture of the floating 36-by-15 foot hunk of space debris, according to the BBC. The Astrosca…