Image: Robotic eyes to assist satellite repairs in orbit
Wednesday, November 4, 2015 - 07:00
in Astronomy & Space
NASA is developing and demonstrating technologies to service and repair satellites in distant orbits. Robotic spacecraft—likely operated with joysticks by technicians on the ground—would carry out the hands-on maneuvers, not human beings using robotic and other specialized tools, as was the case for spacecraft like the low-Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.