CubeSats are becoming ever more popular, with about 2,400 total launched so far. However, the small size limits their options for fundamental space exploration technologies, including propulsion. They ...

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A team of researchers at MIT has demonstrated a propulsion technology that could dramatically expand the capabilities of small satellites, potentially allowing compact spacecraft to travel to ...

Cubesats installed in an adapter for the Artemis 1 SLS launch. NASA is developing a larger adapter for use starting on Artemis 5. Credit: NASA/Cory Huston LOGAN, Utah — NASA is developing a larger ...

Most CubeSats weigh less than a bowling ball, and some are small enough to hold in your hand. But the impact these instruments are having on space exploration is gigantic. CubeSats – miniature, agile ...

Space-based observations have transformed our understanding of Earth, its environment, the solar system, and the universe at large. During past decades, driven by increasingly advanced science ...