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Published online 2 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040830-8
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Inflatable spaceship set for test flight
'Lifeboat' might carry astronauts to Earth or robots to Mars.
An inflatable lifeboat could one day ferry stranded astronauts back to Earth, if a prototype's test flights are successful next month.
The re-entry vehicle weighs just 130 kilograms and is being developed to carry cargo back from the International Space Station (ISS).
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