A undated handout illustration provided by the Swiss Space Center of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) 15 February 2012, showing the CleanSpace One satellite, firmly attached to the debris, powering on its engines in order to reach the Earth atmosphere where both satellites will be burnt during their descent. The EPFL on 15 February 2012 launched the 'CleanSpace One', a project to develop and build the first installment of a family of satellites specially designed to clean up space debris, during a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. EPA/EPFL / Swiss Space Center / HANDOUT
A undated handout illustration provided by the Swiss Space Center of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) 15 February 2012, showing the CleanSpace One satellite reaching its target and unfolding its bio-inspired gripping mechanism. The EPFL on 15 February 2012 launched the 'CleanSpace One', a project to develop and build the first installment of a family of satellites specially designed to clean up space debris, during a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. EPA/EPFL / Swiss Space Center / HANDOUT
A undated handout composite illustration provided by the Swiss Space Center of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) 15 February 2012, showing the CleanSpace One satellite chasing its target, one of the CubeSats launched by Switzerland in 2009,. EPA/EPFL / Swiss Space Center
