ESA has signed an €86 million contract with an industrial team led by Swiss start-up ClearSpace SA to purchase a unique service: the first removal of an item of space debris from orbit 👉 https://www.esa.int/Safety_Security/ESA_purchases_world-first_debris_removal_mission_from_start-up | ESA - European Space Agency

Solving the growing problem of space debris will require everyone who flies rockets and satellites to adhere to sustainable practices, which doesn’t always happen. Now there will be a way to recognise those who do. To address this issue, the World Economic Forum will work with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Media Lab and ESA to launch a new ‘Space Sustainability Rating’ (SSR). See http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Safety/Space_Debris/Recognising_sustainable_behaviour This an