Zero Gravity Testing of Canopies (VIDEO)

Stanford University

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Flying in a plane over Texas performing a maneuver that produces weightlessness, Stanford researchers test pop-out canopies designed to gather data about meteoroid impacts on satellites.

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Jack Hubbard and Nicolas Lee, Stanford University

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