Results of microgravity flight experiments with the SPHERES testbed in November 2003
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A series of four test flights of the SPHERES formation flying testbed was conducted aboard NASA’s KC-135 micro-gravity airplane in November 2003. These tests were sponsored by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA, through the Terrestrial Planet Finder program, with the goal of advancing the progress of the SPHERES-TPF project prior to launch of the testbed to the International Space Station.
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