Blastoff of the X-37B spaceplane on United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket with the OTV-4 AFSPC-5 satellite for the…
As the space community counts down the days to the long-awaited Dec. 4 uncrewed launch of the Orion spacecraft --…
One doesn't take two cubesats and rub them together to make static electricity. Rather, you send them on a brief space voyage…
Astronauts fired up the International Space Station's Yard-a-Pult (actually, we mean the Japanese Kibo arm's satellite launcher) this week to…
We’ve had several articles recently cubesats -- low-cost satellites that seem to be the wave of the future. As technology…
Cubesats are all the rage these days: they’re usually inexpensive and quick to build and they can tag along on…
Caption: Jerry Kim, a former student and systems engineer, holds the CINEMA nanosatellite before it was packaged up and sent…
[/caption]Despite being an idea rattling around inside the head of engineers and space enthusiasts for over 40 years, solar sails…