This mod adds contracts that can be sent into space to recieve items back. The current recipes are placeholders and new ones can be suggested at the github page. This was origionaly sugguested in this forum post. https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=54418
A video is also hosted at https://github.com/IanDuncanT/Space-Contracts/blob/master/Screen%20Recording%202018-07-23%20at%2013.34.15.mov