Real World: CubeSats – Changing the Way We Do Science
CubeSats are changing the way we collect information. They may be small, but these little satellites are helping us answer big questions. And using a swarm of CubeSats can give us simultaneous measurements without repeatedly sending commands to the satellite to tell it what to do.
Background Information
Grades 6 through 12
- NASA CubeSats Overview
- NASA CubeSats at NASA
- NASA What are SmallSats and CubeSats?
- NASA 360 NASA's First Deep Space CubeSats
- NASA CubeSat Launch Initiative
- NASA Deploying Small Satellites From ISS
- NASA JPL Crazy Engineering: CubeSats
- NASA JPL Mars Cube One (MarCO)
- NASA JPL CubeSats and SmallSats
- EarthSky Wall-E and Eva Are Going to Mars, Too
Activities
Grades K through 5
- NASA Climate Kids CubeSat Builder: Build a NASA Spacecraft
Grades 6 through 12