Orbital Express spacecraft undock, re-dock in free-flying demo
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) dual-spacecraft Orbital Express mission had its first free-flying undocking and re-docking demonstration May 5. The two satellites - Boeing's Autonomous Space Transport Robotic Operations (ASTRO) servicing spacecraft and Ball Aerospace's...
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