Japan plans automatic docking test for Station operations

Japan's Engineering Test Satellite No. 7 (ETS-7), scheduled for launch next week on an H-2 rocket, is scheduled to carry out a total of seven rendezvous and docking experiments to prepare for operations on the International Space Station. The National Space Development Agency (NASDA) has designed...

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