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‘Pac-Man’ Spacecraft: 5 Interesting Things To Know About Space’s Future Garbage Collector

A new research project helmed by the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Center for Space Engineering called “CleanSpace One” mission is a cleanup drive, which aims to eliminate the increasing amount of space junk. To remedy the problem on safely tracking, collecting and disposing of the satellites that have outlived their usability, researchers opted the use of “Pac-Man” spacecraft.