If Trump's fiscal year 2026 budget is approved, cuts to NASA's STEM education funding will have a direct impact on ...

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They proved that a one unit (1U) cubesat—that is, a small, cube-shaped satellite measuring 10 centimeters on all sides—could survive the full 10,000 Gs of force necessary to huck it into space.

For the test, SpinLaunch partnered with Portland State University’s open-source CubeSat program, OreSat. The space startup made a few design adjustments to the small satellite; notably ...

CubeSats – miniature, agile and cheap satellites – are revolutionizing how scientists study the cosmos. A standard-size CubeSat is tiny, about 4 pounds (roughly 2 kilograms).

For over two decades, FOTEC Forschungs- und Technologietransfer GmbH, the research subsidiary of the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt, Austria, has advanced Field Emission Electric ...

NASA was skeptical of cubesats at first. The message from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory was: “‘Oh, don’t mess with that,’ Twiggs says, adding: I’m kind of glad.

The pair of CubeSats are identical except for their instruments. They're approximately 12 kgs (26.5 lbs), are three-axis stabilized, and have cold gas propulsion systems.

Utilization of satellites to meet the needs of various missions requires a reliable Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS). In this paper, we presents a robust design of the ADCS for the ...

Astronomers have spotted two huge jets fired off by the 'monster' M87 black hole wobbling on an 11-year cycle, proving for the first time that black holes spin.