NASA Materials-Science Experiment To Fly On Next X-37B

Credit: X-37B: U.S. Air Force
Researchers studying how various materials perform in long-duration exposure to the space environment will get a ride on the U.S. Air Force’s X-37B reusable unpiloted spaceplane’s next flight, NASA said May 6. Almost 100 different materials coupons the size of U.S. 25-cent coins will ride to orbit...

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