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Upcoming space mission to test Purdue-developed drag sail pulling rocket back to Earth

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A rocket is going up into space with a drag sail. The goal? For the drag sail to bring the rocket back to Earth, preventing it from becoming like the thousands of pieces of space junk in Earth’s lower orbit.

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