{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"","provider_url":"https:\/\/jossonline.com","title":"NASA SmallSat News and Announcements &#8902;","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vg3sv1w6WG\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jossonline.com\/news\/nasa-smallsat-news\">NASA SmallSat News and Announcements<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/jossonline.com\/news\/nasa-smallsat-news\/embed\/#?secret=vg3sv1w6WG\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;NASA SmallSat News and Announcements&#8221; &#8212; \" data-secret=\"vg3sv1w6WG\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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It is not intended to be an exhaustive representation of all that is available on a particular topic. Commonly used sources for public data include manufacturer datasheets, press releases, conference papers, journal papers, public filings with government agencies, and news articles. Readers are highly encouraged to reach out to companies for further information regarding the performance and maturity of the described technology. \u00a0 The report is available online in webpage format as well as in PDF format as a whole document or in single chapters.\u00a0Visit:\u00a0https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallsat-institute\/sst-soa \u00a0 Suggestions or corrections to this document should be submitted to the NASA Small Spacecraft Systems Virtual Institute at\u00a0Agency-SmallSat-Institute@mail.nasa.gov\u00a0for consideration prior to the publication of future issues. October 2021 NASA&#8217;S Cube Quest Challenge \u00a0 NASA\u2019s Cube Quest Challenge, sponsored by NASA\u2019s Space Technology Mission Directorate Centennial Challenges Program, offers a total of $5 million to teams that meet challenge objectives of designing, building, and delivering flight-qualified, small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the Moon.\u00a0 \u00a0 In 2017, NASA awarded three teams of citizen inventors $20,000 each for their small spacecrafts. The three teams are: Cislunar Explorers, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York CU-E3, University of Colorado in Boulder Team Miles, Fluid &amp; Reason, LLC, Tampa, Florida Each cube satellite earned the opportunity to ride on the agency\u2019s Orion spacecraft, which will launch atop NASA\u2019s Space Launch System as part of the Artemis I mission. \u00a0 Team Miles\u2019 CubeSat was fully integrated into the Orion stage adapter \u2013 the ring that connects Orion to the SLS rocket \u2013\u00a0in late July. The CubeSat will deploy after the Orion spacecraft separates from SLS and starts on its journey into deep space. As one of the first CubeSats to operate in deep space, it will drive advances in small spacecraft propulsion and communication technology. \u00a0 The competition now challenges teams to compete in the Deep Space Derby, focusing on finding innovative solutions to deep space communications using small spacecraft, and the Lunar Derby, which will focus primarily on propulsion for small spacecraft and near-Earth communications. Together, these challenges are expected to contribute to opening deep &hellip;  Read more \u2192","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/jossonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/State-of-the-Art-Poster-203x300.png"}