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June 16, 2015

NASA Prepares for First Interplanetary CubeSats
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 16, 2015
When NASA launches its next mission on the journey to Mars - a stationary lander in 2016 - the flight will include two CubeSats. This will be the first time CubeSats have flown in deep space. If this flyby demonstration is successful, the technology will provide NASA the ability to quickly transmit status information about the main spacecraft after it lands on Mars. The twin communications-relay CubeSats, being built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, constitute a technolog ... read more

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Nuclear Decommissioning And Used Fuel Market 2015

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