Second Japanese on-orbit automatic docking experiment fails
Japan's second attempt to dock two robotic spacecraft in orbit failed last week, leaving the National Space Development Agency (NASDA) trying to determine how to rejoin the two spacecraft that make up the seventh in its Engineering Test Satellite series (ETS-7). A NASDA spokesman said yesterday the...
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