HTC and NASA to send Nexus One into space in 2013 as part of PhoneSat program

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Okay, this definitely [won't be the first time](http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/30/nexus-one-blasts-off-to-28-000-feet-looks-slightly-worse-for-we/) HTC's own Nexus handset will be experiencing a trip that most of us won't ever have the chance to replicate. But in 2013 the [Nexus One](http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/) will travel deeper into the void than it's ever been before. As it was in 2010, the upcoming Nexus One launch plan is also part of [NASA's](http://www.engadget.com/tag/NASA/) nano-satellite-building program (aka PhoneSat) and, according to [HTC](http://www.engadget.com/tag/htc/), this will mark the culmination of years of intensive testing -- which consisted of putting the former Android flagship through thermal-vacuum chambers, extreme vibration tests and high-altitude balloon flights. The Taiwanese phone maker didn't specify when exactly the Nexus One's out-of-this-world adventure will take place, but we do know the newfangled [One X+](http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/02/htc-one-x-plus-tegra-3-android-jelly-bean-sense-4-plus/) is already being touted as a potential candidate to climb aboard a Jupiter-bound spaceship in the coming future.

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