Astroscale, a company focused on removing space debris, launched the ADRAS-J mission to test its technology by approaching a discarded rocket stage. ADRAS-J stands for Active Debris Removal by ...

There's a scene in the film Interstellar where Matthew McConaughey's character flies his spaceplane up to meet a mothership spinning out of control. The protagonist rises to the challenge with a ...

The catchily-named Active Debris Removal by Astroscale-Japan mission (ADRAS-J for short) launched a spacecraft to a derelict upper stage from a Japanese H-IIA rocket. The craft lineup up the old ...

ADRAS-J is a small satellite that will attempt to catch a defunct upper state of a Japanese H-IIA rocket, which has been spinning through Earth orbit since 2009. The maneuvers required to put ...

Carrying the UAE’s KhalifaSat, the H-IIA Launch Vehicle blasts off from ... tip of Japan aboard a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA rocket. Developed by a team of young Emirati engineers from ...

We have several satellite launches coming up this week, we will see the launch of a Mitsubishi H-IIA rocket which is a bit unusual and SpaceX plans to launch new Starlink satellites with special ...

The H-IIA rocket No. 46 blasted off from the Tanegashima Space Center here in the vehicle’s 40th consecutive successful launch. It was transporting the Rader No. 7 intelligence satellite ...