Space vehicle and capture system

A space vehicle configured to capture an object in outer space by attracting, by a magnetic force generated by a magnetic force generation unit, a platelike body that is attached to the object and is attracted by a magnetic force, the space vehicle comprising:

• a main body;
• a movable portion configured to reciprocate in a predetermined axial direction with respect to the main body;
• a drive unit configured to move the movable portion;
• and
• the magnetic force generation unit attached to a distal end of the movable portion which is an end farther from the main body,
• wherein the magnetic force generation unit includes:
• a magnet support member attached to the distal end of the movable portion via a buffer elastic body;
• and a plurality of permanent magnets laid on a tip part of the magnet support member to form a planar attraction region, and
• wherein when the drive unit moves the movable portion away from the main body in the axial direction, the attraction region of the magnetic force generation unit protrudes from the main body while maintaining a fixed orientation crossing the axial direction, and is changeable in position and/or orientation by the buffer elastic body in the case where an external force is applied.