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NASA, Partners Open Applications for CubeSat Summer Program
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NASA is collaborating with the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force to offer a set of hands-on learning engagements that will help higher education institutions, faculty, and students learn more about what it takes to build small satellites and…

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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Looks to Thrive in 2025
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As NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida wraps up a year that will see more than 90 government, commercial, and private missions launch from Florida’s Space Coast, a look to 2025 shows the missions, partnerships, projects, and programs at the…

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NASA Seeks Student Missions to Send to Space in 2026, Beyond
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NASA announced a new round of opportunities for CubeSat, developers to build spacecrafts on that will fly on upcoming launches through the agency’s CSLI (CubeSat Launch Initiative). CubeSats are a class of small spacecraft called nanosatellites. The initiative provides space access to U.S. educational institutions, certain…

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NASA Sets Coverage for Northrop Grumman’s 21st Station Resupply Launch
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Editor’s Note: This media advisory was updated Aug. 8, 2024, to reflect a change in the list of space station research. Editor’s Note: This media advisory was updated Aug. 3, 2024, to reflect a new launch date of no earlier…

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NASA CubeSat Launches as Rideshare on ESA’s First Ariane 6 Rocket 
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NASA launched CURIE (CubeSat Radio Interferometry Experiment) as a rideshare payload on the inaugural flight of ESA’s (European Space Agency) Ariane 6 rocket, which launched at 4 p.m. GFT on July 9 from Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in…

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NASA Mission to Study Mysteries in the Origin of Solar Radio Waves
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UPDATE: ESA’s Ariane 6 launched from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, as scheduled at 3:00 p.m. EDT on July 9, 2024. CURIE successfully deployed from the rocket and is expected to establish ground communications next week. NASA’s…

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Eight CubeSats Lift Off for NASA on Firefly Aerospace Rocket!
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As part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, Firefly Aerospace launched eight small satellites on July 3 aboard the company’s Alpha rocket. Named “Noise of Summer,” the rocket successfully lifted off from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Space Force Base…

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NASA’s ELaNa 43 Prepares for Firefly Aerospace Launch
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NASA is readying for the launch of several small satellites to space, built with the help of students, educators, and researchers from across the country, as part of the agency’s CubeSat Launch Initiative. The ELaNa 43 (Educational Launch of Nanosatellites…

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NASA CubeSats Loaded for Launch
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Eight CubeSats that are part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative have been integrated into Firefly Aerospace’s deployment hardware and are ready to be encapsulated into the payload fairing of Firefly’s Alpha rocket. The launch, named “Noise of Summer,” will lift…

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Small Payloads, Big Science
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A nanosatellites expert explains the process of how CubeSats are selected, scheduled for launch, and eventually deployed from the International Space Station. HWHAP Episode 335.