Don\u2019t you hate it when you go on holiday and need to bring a variety of plugs with you? The same, it turns out, is true in space, with spacecraft and satellites often using different connectors to transfer power, data and other services.An international team of researchers has been exploring whether one common interface can\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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