Planetes, by Makoto Yukimura, follows the life of space salvagers who work in orbit around Earth. It follows their lives and relationships in a literary environment well grounded in reality, with human relationships and daily struggles instead of broad, far-reaching plots.
The Planetes manga published by Tokyopop collects the series first debuted in the Japanese publication Weekly Morning. The first volume collects one through five of what are called Phases.