HELSINKI — China has sent several small spacecraft into specialized lunar and cislunar orbits to test communications, navigation and orbital dynamics for planned Earth-moon infrastructure. China’s DRO ...

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That's the future that NASA's ESCAPADE, or escape and plasma acceleration and dynamics explorers, mission will ...

NASA sees potential value in cubesat swarms collecting data via distributed sensors. Credit: NASA NASA’s first small spacecraft missions were in 1972 and 1973, when it launched Pioneer 10 and 11.

MIT researchers have shown that one fuel can power both chemical and electric spacecraft thrusters, potentially transforming what small satellites can do. The approach combines quick bursts of speed ...

Electrical power system (EPS) designs for NASA’s spacecraft have a powerful and essential subsystem that surrounds the electrical power generation, storage, and distribution. It encompasses a large ...

Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, mission will ...

NASA’s University SmallSat Technology Partnership (USTP) initiative offers opportunities for university researchers to help shape the future of space exploration in big ways.As a feature of NASA’s ...