Sigrid Close and Nicolas Lee, Stanford University (IMAGE)

Stanford University

Sigrid Close and Nicolas Lee, Stanford University

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Graduate students including Nicolas Lee, left, working with assistant professor Sigrid Close, designed the canopy for CubeSats -- the tiny satellites that hitch rides on rockets sending larger satellites into orbit.

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Linda A. Cicero, Stanford University News Service

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