The use of CubeSats, small, cost-effective satellites, has revolutionized the field of space exploration and scientific research. These compact spacecraft, developed by students from countries like ...

An Electron lifts off May 25 carrying the first of two NASA PREFIRE cubesats. Credit: Rocket Lab LOS ANGELES — Rocket Lab launched the first of two NASA Earth science cubesats on an Electron rocket ...

NASA's tiny CAPSTONE spacecraft has settled into its final lunar orbit, shifting into the operational phase of its pioneering moon mission. CAPSTONE, which is about the size of a microwave oven, ...

NASA’s Launch Services Program has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for new commercial Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) for small satellites, often called CubeSats or nanosatellites, and ...

MORGAN HILL, Calif. (KGO) -- NASA's "CubeSat" Launch Initiative takes student-designed satellites and sends them into space. It features great minds from across the country. But this year, only one ...

NASA has announced a new round of opportunities through the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative (CSLI) for CubeSat developers, including educational institutions, to conduct scientific investigations ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA has launched the first of two research satellites to measure how much heat is lost to space from the Arctic and Antarctica.

Thirteen NASA and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)-sponsored CubeSats are scheduled to launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Thursday, Oct. 8, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in ...

A University of Arizona satellite project was selected to be part of the NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative. The UA project is called CatSat and will be exploring the latest miniaturization of satellite ...

The 25-kilogram CAPSTONE spacecraft by NASA became the first cube satellite (CubeSat) ever to reach Earth's closest neighbor, the moon. To mark the occasion, NASA published a short statement saying ...