Japan, Italy Contribute CubeSats To NASA’s First SLS Flight

Credit: CubeSat: Raytheon
PARIS—Japan and Italy are partnering with NASA to fly three CubeSats beyond Earth orbit on the inaugural flight of the U.S. space agency’s new Space Launch System (SLS) in 2018. The heavy-lift vehicle is slated to make its debut with Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1), a test flight that will carry NASA’s...

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