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Fictional impact zone from the 2021 international Planetary Defence Conference

Animated depiction of a spacecraft deploying a drag sail in orbit

ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2 at sunset at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile

ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2 on site at ESO's La Silla Observatory

ESA's Test-Bed Telescope 2 at ESO's La Silla alongside other telescopes

First Light with ESA's Test-Bed Telescope at La Silla (zoom on Centaurus A)

First Light with ESA's Test-Bed Telescope at La Silla

Potential impact hemisphere for 2021 PDC

Drone test of Hera mission asteroid radar

How do we tackle the debris problem, to secure the sustainability of space long term?

How at risk are space explorers from passing debris?

Asteroid Apophis observed during recent flyby, ruling out future impact

How much damage can debris do?

Learning lessons from the past on space debris

Using reentries to clean up

Launch rates are dramatically increasing

Collision avoidance: what's the cost?

Satellites and debris take a long time to return

What are satellites up against when it comes to space debris?

Still from Hera full dome show

Debris, thought to be asteroid, was once rocket to the Moon

ClearSpace-1's firm grip

Process of capture

ClearSpace-1 prepares to reenter with Vespa

ClearSpace-1 captures Vespa

Solar cycle 25 prediction, NOAA

Juventas studies asteroid's internal structure

Model representing the space debris environment

Challenge: Spot the asteroids

Clean Space has three branches, reflecting its mission to assess the environmental impacts of Agency programmes to finding ways to address them, and contributing to a more sustainable and competitive European space industry.

Risky asteroids: how close do they come?

Kurzbeschreibung von erdnahen Objekten

Asteroid experts catch final glimpse of Solar Orbiter

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