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July 8, 2025

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[ July 8, 2025 ] SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Falcon 9
[ July 5, 2025 ] Republican-backed reconciliation bill passes, includes funding for ISS, Artemis programs, Space Shuttle relocation Mission Reports
[ July 3, 2025 ] ULA begins stacking its 1st Vulcan rocket supporting a national security mission Mission Reports
[ July 1, 2025 ] SpaceX launches its 500th Falcon 9 rocket Falcon 9
[ July 1, 2025 ] EUMETSAT, ESA launches combo MTG-S1, Sentinel-4 satellite on SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Falcon 9

CubeSat deployed from space station to test sample return technology

February 13, 2019 Stephen Clark

One of five CubeSats deployed from the International Space Station last month is testing a steerable drag brake that could find use in future smallsats to return experiment samples to the ground from low Earth orbit, or on low-cost micro-probes to explore other planets.