“NASA’s Digital Learning Network will host a Google+ Hangout on Tuesday, Oct. 6 at 1:15 p.m. EDT to discuss NASA’s flight test of a modified sounding rocket motor, launch vehicle and spacecraft…
Category: Missions
NASA Prepares for CubeSat Launch
“Thirteen NASA and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-sponsored CubeSats are scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday, Oct. 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Prelaunch media…
Simulation-to-Flight 1 (STF-1) CubeSat Mission
“The Simulation-to-Flight 1 (STF-1) CubeSat mission aims to demonstrate how legacy simulation technologies may be adapted for flexible and effective use on missions using the CubeSat platform. In addition, through a partnership…
ESA: Be The First to Catch Signals From Student-built AAUSAT5 CubeSat
“It is time to start listening to space. To celebrate the launch of the student-built AAUSAT5 CubeSat from the International Space Station into low Earth orbit, ESA’s Education office challenges the amateur…
More ESA Student CubeSats Preparing for Space
“While waiting for the first ESA student CubeSat to be deployed from the International Space Station at the beginning of October, the three Fly Your Satellite! CubeSats candidate for rocket launch are…
Small Satellites Provide Big Payoffs
“When we think of space satellites that assist with communications, weather monitoring and GPS here on Earth, we likely picture them as being quite largemany are as big as a school bus…
ESA Survey: Future Educational Cubesat Initiatives
“For a few years already, ESA’s Education Office is very active in offering university students several educational opportunities related to CubeSat satellites. Up until now, ESA has completed the ‘CubeSats on the…
Undergraduate Student Instrument Project 2015 Flight Research Opportunity
“The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Science Mission Directorate (SMD), in collaboration with the Office of Education (OE) National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program (Space Grant) will release the Undergraduate…
Student Satellite Headed To International Space Station
“A very special week is about to begin for approximately 30 students from Aalborg University, in Denmark, as their satellite – AAUSAT5 – waits to be launched to the International Space Station…
NASA Smallsat Program Research Opportunities
“They say big things come in small packages, and that’s evident with the small satellites that are becoming ubiquitous around NASA centers, university labs and even elementary school science classes. These tiny…
Student Experiments Launched from NASA Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia
“NASA launched a Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket carrying the RockSat-X payload with university and community college student experiments at 6:04 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Aug. 12, from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in…
New CubeSat Opportunities for Low-Cost Space Exploration
“Space enthusiasts have an opportunity to contribute to NASA’s exploration goals through the next round of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. Applicants must submit their proposals electronically by 4:30 p.m. EST, Nov….