Japan's ETS-7 conducts first remote-control docking test

Engineering Test Satellite No. 7 (ETS-7), a Japanese orbital testbed launched last year, yesterday conducted the first in a series of docking experiments designed to aid in the development of automatic docking technology for International Space Station operations. In the 15-minute test a small...

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