Almost anyone can hitchhike into space with a nanosatellite
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 - 08:01
in Astronomy & Space
Earlier this year, the Russian Federal Space Agency received a hand-luggage-sized delivery from the UK. It came with a request to launch the contents aboard a rocket, along with the Russian three-tonne meteorological satellite. The tiny British package was successfully launched into space on July 8, and it contains a nanosatellite called UKube-1.