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August 22, 2019

Breaking News

[ August 22, 2019 ] Photos: Final “single stick” Delta 4 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral Delta 4
[ August 22, 2019 ] Delta 4 rocket’s launch timeline with GPS 3 SV02 Delta 4
[ August 22, 2019 ] Robot-carrying capsule launches on test flight to space station Mission Reports
[ August 22, 2019 ] Live coverage: Delta 4 rocket lifts off with GPS satellite Delta 4
[ August 22, 2019 ] ULA’s last Delta 4-Medium rocket set for launch Thursday Delta 4

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.