<ul><li>Astroscale's ADRAS-J mission successfully approached a piece of space junk in low-Earth orbit.</li><li>The particular object, a derelict upper stage from a Japanese H-IIA rocket, has been in orbit since 2009.</li><li>Astroscale's achievement is an impressive feat of engineering and orbital dynamics.</li><li>It is the world's first spacecraft mission to rendezvous with space debris in a classified environment.</li></ul>

Astroscale aced the world’s first rendezvous with a piece of space junk

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