ISS Astronauts Launch U.S. And Japanese CubeSats

HOUSTON — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station launched three CubeSats early Nov. 19, using a deployment mechanism aboard the orbiting lab’s Kibo Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) that was successfully demonstrated last year. A fourth satellite is scheduled for release early Nov. 20. The...

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