The Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket lifts off carrying the RUBICS-1 payload on a high-altitude suborbital flight June 15, 2013. The rocket parachute deployed early causing the rocket to return to earth. The purpose of the NASA-sponsored mission was to test the CubeSats under flight conditions at high altitudes to see if they're ready to launch into orbit next year.

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The Garvey Spacecraft Corporation's Prospector P-18D rocket lifts off carrying the RUBICS-1 payload on a high-altitude suborbital flight June 15, 2013. The rocket parachute deployed early causing the rocket to return to earth. The purpose of the NASA-sponsored mission was to test the CubeSats under flight conditions at high altitudes to see if they're ready to launch into orbit next year.

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