CAT 2 – Spaceflight Now

February 23, 2020

Breaking News

[ February 20, 2020 ] Phobos sample return mission enters development for 2024 launch Mission Reports
[ February 20, 2020 ] Soyuz rocket launches Russian military satellite after one-month delay Mission Reports
[ 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

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.