NASA tests an in-orbit refueling device for deep space missions

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Engineers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and L3Harris con-duct operational testing on a developmental cryocoupler, a vital technology for future in-orbit spacecraft refueling. NASA/Tyson Eason For NASA’s next generation of deep space exploration missions, spacecraft may need to refuel in Earth orbit before pushing farther into the solar system.