Progress continues on the journey to Mars as NASA plans to send astronauts deeper into space than ever before, including to an asteroid and ultimately to the surface of Mars. Before humans embark on ...

Four Starling technology demonstration spacecraft, Blue Canyon Technologies six-unit cubesats, during a solar array deployment test at NASA Ames Research Center. Credit: the four swarm spacecraft ...

Whether discovering exoplanets or measuring the size of an asteroid, cubesats are affordable throughout the space community, even to small startup, private companies and university laboratories. When ...

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. 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 ...