CAT 2 – Spaceflight Now

August 20, 2019

Breaking News

[ August 19, 2019 ] Rocket Lab launch fulfills initial block of BlackSky Earth-imaging satellites Mission Reports
[ August 19, 2019 ] Launch providers announce rideshare missions large and small News
[ August 19, 2019 ] ULA’s second launch of the month scheduled for Thursday Delta 4
[ August 17, 2019 ] China’s Jielong 1 smallsat launcher successful on first flight Mission Reports
[ August 16, 2019 ] NASA directs Alabama space center to manage lunar lander program 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.