Near-Earth Asteroid Solar Sail Test Deployment

Near-Earth Asteroid Solar Sail Test Deployment NASA's Near-Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a deployment test June 28 of the solar sail that will launch on Exploration Mission-1. The test was performed in an indoor clean room at the NeXolve facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Date Created:2018-06-28 Center:MSFC NEA Scout , NASA , deployment , solar , sail #neascout #nasa #deployment #solar #sail #science