by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
NASA recently selected CU-Boulder as one of 24 institutions or organizations to fly tiny satellites as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned for launch in 2014, 2015 and 2016. The selections are part of NASA’s CubeSat Launch Initiative, an effort that began in...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 12, 2013 | Daily Updates
Members of the Vilnius University Amateur Radio Club have been involved in the development of LituanicaSAT-1 which will be the first Lithuanian satellite. LituanicaSAT-1 is scheduled to be delivered to the International Space Station (ISS) towards the end of 2013 and...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
The April 2013 issue of the RocketSTEM Media Foundation Magazine is now available online. April’s issue will give you interesting facts about Mars Curiosity, Skylab and Yuri Gagarin and much more. Pages 48-49 cover Yuri’s Night which takes place April 12....
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
Yuri’s Night is a celebration of humanity’s achievements in space, with hundreds of parties and events held around the world each April. Yuri’s Night was first held on April 12, 2001, on the 40th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first flight into space and the...
by Peter Goodhall | Apr 11, 2013 | Daily Updates
Florida Today reports that for three years Merritt Island High School students have been working on building a CubeSat. Affectionately referred to as the “StangSat” — after Merritt Island High’s nickname, the Mustangs — a handful of Merritt Island High students and...
