NASA experiment to go on board X-37B

An experiment from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will fly on board the X-37B later this month.

By USAF [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Dubbed the Materials Exposure and Technology Innovation in Space (METIS), the experiment aims to expose nearly 100 different materials samples to the space environment for more than 200 days.

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