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Orbital Express craft exchange fuel, battery

Submit on Thursday, April 19th, 2007 04:01

In its first on-orbit demonstration 480 km above the Earth, Boeing’s Orbital Express system autonomously transferred propellant fuel and a battery from one spacecraft to another, marking industry firsts for the system.

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