Japan's space venture Astroscale holds a press conference to remove space debris
February 18, 2021, Tokyo, Japan - Former Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki smiles as she attends Japanese space venture Astroscale Holdings' press conference for the company's business to remove space debris in Tokyo on Thursday, February 18, 2021. Astroscale's satellite "ELSA-d" will be launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan by Russia's Soyuz rocket next month and will operate a study mission to remove space debris on the satellite orbit. (Photo by Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO)