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SPECIAL MENTION: In August, NASA awarded space startup TransAstra an $850,000 contract to build and demonstrate a prototype FlyTrap, a bag to pick up space debris, which can cause dangerous collisions. Made from the flexible material kapton, the bag will be shot into orbit on a rocket once it gets additional funding for launch.
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