When it comes to space exploration, large vehicles get most of the press -- but a team on KickStarter wants to build an engine that could power nanoscale satellites on their own journeys of ...

Illustration of LunaH-Map, a cubesat launched on Artemis-1 that experienced a problem with its propulsion mission, putting its mission in jeopardy. Credit: Arizona State University WASHINGTON — A ...

Calvin University is launching a new CubeSat program within its aerospace engineering curriculum, giving students the rare opportunity to design, build, test, and operate a real satellite that could ...

Imperial College is developing a rocket thruster called the Iridium Catalysed Electrolysis CubeSat Thruster (ICE-Cube Thruster) that is so small that it can only be fabricated using techniques ...

The Luna-H Map cubesat launched on board the Artemis 1 mission in November 2022, but failed to fire its engines shortly after its delayed liftoff. Reading time 2 minutes A shoebox-sized satellite may ...

Pale Blue's water thruster on a Sony nanosatellite is scheduled to be tested at the end of January. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The low-cost Luna-H Map cubesat failed to fire its thruster during a planned lunar flyby, but NASA says all is not lost. Reading time 3 minutes The inaugural launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) ...

Yuichi Nakagawa, Pale Blue co-founder and chief technology officer, shown with the Japanese startups small satellite propulsion technology at the 2023 Small Satellite Conference in Logan, Utah. Credit ...

LOGAN, Utah — Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology used to make parts for high-performance race cars is being applied to the tricky problem of propulsion for cubesats and other small spacecraft that ...