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December 13, 2019

Breaking News

[ December 12, 2019 ] NASA gives go-ahead for Starliner test flight to space station Atlas 5
[ December 12, 2019 ] Rocket Lab to debut Virginia launch pad with U.S. Air Force mission next year Mission Reports
[ December 11, 2019 ] Blue Origin launches New Shepard on 12th test flight Mission Reports
[ December 11, 2019 ] Russia adds new satellite to Glonass navigation fleet Mission Reports
[ December 11, 2019 ] India’s 50th PSLV lifts off with satellites from five nations Mission Reports

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.