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NASA is testing orbital refuelling for Moon and Mars missions

NASA is about to test something spaceflight has wanted for decades: moving and storing super-cold fuel in orbit without turning it into expensive vapour. Later this year, the agency plans to launch LOXSAT, a demonstrator designed to prove that orbital refuelling and cryogenic propellant handling can work in microgravity well enough to support future Moon […]