Another function of a future space station will be to service and inspect unmanned satellites. Here is an artist’s sketch showing an astronaut team, who travelled to their targets in a space ferry from an orbital station, working on various kinds of space probes.
Orbiting Stations: Stopovers to Space Travel
Irwin Stambler
G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1965
Image credit: General Electric
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