“Following more than a year of intense effort channelled into a 10 cm box, the first of ESA’s student satellites to be released from the International Space Station has been accepted for…
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NASA Launches Suborbital Rocket With Student Experiments
“NASA successfully launched a NASA Terrier-Improved Orion suborbital sounding rocket carrying student experiments with the RockOn/RockSat-C programs at 6 a.m., today. More than 200 middle school and university students and instructors participating…
ESA's Parabolic Flight Opportunities for Students Restart
“The ESA Education Office’s ‘Fly Your Thesis!’ programme is back, after having a short break of three years. The first new flight campaign is planned for late 2016. The deadline for applications…
NASA Hosts Rocket Week at Wallops Flight Facility
“Students and educators from across the country will have the chance to be rocket scientists during Rocket Week, June 20-26 at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. About 150 university and community…
NASA Selects Projects for X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge
“NASA is working with eight U.S. universities on new technology projects for deep space exploration, including the agency’s journey to Mars, as part of the 2016 X-Hab Academic Innovation Challenge. The challenge,…
NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge
“Twenty robotics teams, ranging from university students to small businesses, are preparing to compete June 8-13 in the fourth running of the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge for a prize purse of…
CubeSat Initiative Aids Solar Sails in Space
“With help from NASA, a small research satellite to test technology for in-space solar propulsion launched into space Wednesday aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, as…
The CubeSat Challenge
“The goal of this challenge is to design a small satellite frame optimized for additive manufacturing. By using the benefits of design for additive manufacturing (DFAM) principles: Mass distributions and materials can…
CubeSats Offer Engineers Unprecedented Access to Space
“Steve Provence likes to talk about space, and engineering students at the University of Houston are benefiting from his conversations. The NASA engineer and UH adjunct professor teaches several electrical engineering classes,…
Build an Ionic Thruster like NASA Uses for Space Propulsion
“An ion thruster produces a flow of air even though it has no moving parts. A version of this seemingly impossible device is used on a larger scale to propel deep space…