Just a short distance inland from the waves crashing against California's shore, NASA's Relativistic Electron Atmospheric ...

Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging ...

Small spacecraft also have the potential to expand their capabilities with deployable booms, sails and antennas. For instance, atmospheric drag sails are becoming an increasingly proven way for small ...

NASA has extended its CAPSTONE moon mission through December 2025, allowing the cubesat to continue its pioneering exploration work.

NASA’s BurstCube satellite, a shoebox-sized CubeSat, has successfully detected its first gamma-ray burst (GRB)—one of the most energetic explosions in the universe. The satellite, which was ...

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...

NASA scientists prep the ASTERIA spacecraft for its April 2017 launch. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand.

The CubeSats cost $13 million. The MarCO CubeSats — two of them — accompanied NASA’s Insight lander to Mars in 2018.

An instrument aboard the CIRBE CubeSat is using advanced detection techniques and leveraging an orbit with specific characteristics to increase our understanding of the Van Allen belts Designed and ...

For example, as part of the Artemis I mission in November 2022, NASA launched 10 CubeSats. The satellites are now trying to detect and map water on the Moon. These findings are crucial, not only ...

The MarCO CubeSats – two of them – accompanied NASA’s Insight lander to Mars in 2018. They served as a real-time communications relay back to Earth during Insight’s entry, descent and ...