NASA Tests New Refuel Device for Future In-Space Refueling Missions
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoEngineers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and L3Harris con-duct operational testing on a developmental cryocoupler, a vital technology for future in-orbit spacecraft refueling.NASA/Tyson Eason For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system. Similar to
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