Thursday, 21 May 2015

NASA’s CubeSat Initiative Aids in Testing of Technology for Solar Sails in Space

With help from NASA, a small research satellite to test technology for in-space solar propulsion launched into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, as part of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative.

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