NASA’s SSPICY Mission to Demonstrate In-Space Inspection Technologies

https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/ames/nasas-sspicy-mission-to-demonstrate-in-space-inspection-technologies/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nn202640 A new NASA-supported spacecraft will fly close to inactive satellites to demonstrate technologies that could enable future in-space repairs and help reduce orbital debris. The Small Spacecraft Propulsion and Inspection Capability, or SSPICY, mission launched Oct. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California to test these technologies together as an integrated system for the first time.