The record-breaking milestone takes SpinLaunch one step closer to its goal of flinging satellites into space with a gigantic catapult.
A team of college students built the SBUDNIC satellite using off-the-shelf components, including AA batteries.
The spacecraft is a test run of cutting edge materials that use photons from the Sun for propulsion.
The mission launched on April 23 to test sunlight-propelled space travel.
The Solar Sail mission will launch on April 23 on board Rocket Lab's Electron vehicle.
Two cubesats on Arianespace's Vega mission failed to deploy, marking the latest setback for the European space industry.
Scientists behind the Lunar Flashlight believe titanium particles got lodged in three of four propellant lines, severely reducing the probe's thrust.
The CAPSTONE spacecraft has begun testing a GPS system for the Moon from its unique 'halo' orbit.
After months of trying to salvage its lunar cubesat, NASA called an end to its water-hunting mission.
A new tactic to fire up the lunar satellite's engines has resulted in "limited success."
A joint mission from the federal space agency and Rocket Lab aims to loft four cube satellites across two launches and acquire hourly data on extreme storms.
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.
The space agency has until the end of April to place its Lunar Flashlight probe in an orbit around the Moon, otherwise the tiny spacecraft will be lost.
Japan's Pale Blue water-based propulsion system successfully completed its initial test on board the nanosatellite.
University of Arizona students are behind CatSat, a cereal box-sized satellite that will probe the ionosphere and beam data to Earth with an inflatable antenna.
Launched on December 11, the water-hunting probe is on a four-month trek to the Moon, but the mission is encountering some obstacles along the way.
The LunaH-Map mission missed its initial shot at lunar orbit but the team hasn't given up on it yet.
A new solar sail belonging to French aerospace startup Gama reached space on Tuesday and is expected to deploy its wings in the coming weeks.
BioSentinel will test the effects of cosmic radiation on living organisms during long-term spaceflight.
Orion’s 25.5-day lunar journey sets the stage for humans to once again walk on the Moon.
