Chief among these questions were tackling the problems surrounding rendezvous ... spacecraft just for the purpose. The Gemini-Agena Target Vehicle (GATV) was an Agena-D rocket equipped with a ...

Katalyst Space ... spacecraft docking known as “assisted rendezvous and proximity operations” (RPO). Katalyst developed a concept for assisted RPO using an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV ...

Whether they are executing a precision rendezvous and docking maneuver with the Mir space station or greasing ... very much to the flight of the vehicle. We were lab specimens." ...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has accomplished its second successful satellite docking as part of the SPADEX ...

True Anomaly, which was founded in 2022, bills Jackal as an autonomous orbital vehicle — "a multi-role spacecraft with ... they were not able to conduct a rendezvous test as planned.

Japan and the European Space Agency have demonstrated autonomous rendezvous capabilities, though both rely on the station’s robotic arm for final capture rather than direct docking. More ...

The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the radial port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 11:49 pm. The whole process took approximately 6.5 hours, the agency said.

a suite of rendezvous and docking sensors, and power transfer technology for energy exchange between spacecraft. It also features an autonomous rendezvous and docking strategy supported by an ...

The spacecraft was expected to perform an autonomous rendezvous and docking with Tiangong around six and a half hours after reaching low Earth orbit. Mission commander Chen Dong, a former fighter ...

The mission aims to demonstrate autonomous rendezvous and docking capabilities, enabling two spacecraft to operate as a single unit. This technology is essential for the operation and maintenance ...