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  • NASA Set to Launch Four CubeSats to Space Station

    This photograph shows two women working on a small spacecraft.

    NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative is sending a group of four small satellites, called CubeSats, to the International Space Station as ELaNa 51 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites). These small payloads have been developed by NASA and universities and will be deployed from low Earth orbit.  Once circling Earth, the satellites will help demonstrate and mature technologies …

  • What’s On Board NASA’s Next CubeSat Launch Initiative Mission?

    Two students from the Missouri University of Science and Technology research team work on the CubeSat called M3, short for Multi-Mode Mission. The team submitted their project to NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative for a launch into space.

    NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative is sending a small satellite to orbit intended to demonstrate a multi-mode-capable thruster that can operate with both chemical and electrical modes potentially saving mass and reducing costs for larger missions. The Multi-Mode Mission, or M³, developed by Missouri University of Science and Technology’s Satellite research team, is a CubeSat intended …