This company wants to create ‘gas stations in space’

Since the beginning of the Space Age – the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 – humans have placed more than 15,000 satellites into orbit. Just over half are still functioning; the rest, after running out of fuel and ending their useful life, have either burned up in the atmosphere or are still orbiting the … Read more

This company wants to create ‘gas stations in space’

Since the beginning of the Space Age – the launch of Sputnik I in 1957 – humans have placed more than 15,000 satellites into orbit. Just over half are still functioning; the rest, after running out of fuel and ending their useful life, have either burned up in the atmosphere or are still orbiting the … Read more