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CubeSat deployed from space station to test sample return technology

Feb 13, 2019

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Students work with the TechEdSat 8 CubeSat before its launch to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA 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…