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# Muriel Richard-Noca

Lausanne, Switzerland

## About Muriel Richard-Noca

Co-founder of ClearSpace, an EPFL spin-off based in Lausanne working on the removal of debris from Earth's orbit. ClearSpace is developing ClearSpace-1, a mission contracted by the European Space Agency to capture and deorbit a defunct payload adapter — among the first active debris-removal missions.

## About this card

- Recommended by: [Katy Foraz](https://www.chngmkr.org/correspondents/katy-foraz.md)
- Collections: [Antikythera](https://www.chngmkr.org/directory/antikythera.md), [Education & Work](https://www.chngmkr.org/directory/education-work.md), [Climate Action](https://www.chngmkr.org/directory/climate-action.md)
- Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muriel-richard-noca-840a124/?originalSubdomain=ch
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- Español: https://www.chngmkr.org/es/muriel-richard-noca
- 中文: https://www.chngmkr.org/zh/muriel-richard-noca

## Français

Cofondatrice de ClearSpace, une spin-off de l'EPFL basée à Lausanne qui travaille au retrait des débris en orbite terrestre. ClearSpace développe ClearSpace-1, une mission commandée par l'Agence spatiale européenne pour capturer et désorbiter un adaptateur de charge utile hors service, l'une des premières missions actives de retrait de débris.

## Italiano

Cofondatrice di ClearSpace, spin-off dell'EPFL con sede a Losanna che lavora alla rimozione dei detriti dall'orbita terrestre. ClearSpace sta sviluppando ClearSpace-1, una missione commissionata dall'Agenzia spaziale europea per catturare e far rientrare un adattatore di carico utile dismesso, una delle prime missioni attive di rimozione dei detriti.

## Español

Cofundadora de ClearSpace, una spin-off de la EPFL con sede en Lausana que trabaja en la retirada de basura de la órbita terrestre. ClearSpace desarrolla ClearSpace-1, una misión contratada por la Agencia Espacial Europea para capturar y desorbitar un adaptador de carga útil fuera de servicio, una de las primeras misiones activas de retirada de residuos espaciales.

## 中文

ClearSpace 的联合创始人，这家源自洛桑联邦理工学院的衍生公司位于洛桑，致力于清除地球轨道上的太空碎片。ClearSpace 正在研发 ClearSpace-1，一项由欧洲航天局委托的任务，目标是捕获并让一个废弃的载荷适配器脱离轨道，这是最早的主动碎片清除任务之一。