Europe's Proba-3 satellites have demonstrated ultra-precise formation flying in orbit for the first time, a milestone with ...

NASA mission controllers raced against time to find a solution before a crucial ground-based radio used for communicating ...

The torque they produce gently twirls the vehicle stage right, according to plan. Next, cold-gas thrusters—used in place of the rockets of an actual space vehicle for greater safety in Draper ...

And potentially outside the atmosphere, to wit: we present his reaction control gas thruster-controlled drone. Before anyone gets too excited, [Tom] isn’t building drones for use in a vacuum ...

Outside the atmosphere, ReFEx is controlled by the cold gas thrusters of a reaction control system (RCS), whereby several maneuvers are performed to calibrate the sensors and navigation system and to ...

ESA has developed cutting-edge technologies for precise positioning and coordination of the spacecraft, including cold gas thrusters and vision-based detection systems, ensuring millimetre-scale ...