CAT 1 – Spaceflight Now

February 20, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 19, 2020 ] China launches four ‘technology experiment satellites’ Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Russian space agency replaces cosmonauts on next space station crew Mission Reports
[ February 19, 2020 ] Photos: Antares rocket lifts off with station-bound Cygnus supply ship Antares
[ February 18, 2020 ] Ariane 5 deploys communications and environmental monitoring satellites Ariane 5
[ February 18, 2020 ] Space Adventures announces plans to fly private citizens on SpaceX crew capsule Falcon 9

CubeSat deployed from space station to test sample return technology

February 13, 2019

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.