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CubeSats have become key to space exploration and R&T development, though they are often expensive to build and launch. Funded efforts like the DiskSat program aim at mitigating these challenges.

Flight collaboration with Arizona State, California Polytechnic State and John Hopkins will support additional flight research, aided by Dawn’s highly composite rocket-powered aircraft Mk-II Aurora.

Portland State Aerospace Society, incorporating CRP Technology’s GFRP composite materials and SLS 3D printing, sent its CubeSat nanosatellite into low Earth orbit in 2021, where it continues to operate successfully.

Scholarship, tied to the University of Birmingham’s Space Engineering MSc course, gives international students the opportunity to prepare for a space-related career, studying materials, manufacturing and more.

The CAPSTONE CubeSat is scheduled for launch from Virginia, U.S. in 2021.

The composites-intensive Alpha launch vehicle will be used in NASA missions to deliver payloads such as CubeSats.

The carbon nanotube/epoxy combination is being evaluated for the fabrication of mirrors on cubesats for planetary space exploration and Earth observations.

This sidebar to the September 2016 feature story on the emerging commercial space industry focuses on Habitats and CubeSats.

NASA ACS3 system made of flexible polymer and carbon fiber materials has successfully deployed its boom system, shows potential for future space operations.

Despite political and supply chain challenges, renewable and nuclear energy continue to grow in use. Composite materials enable current and future energy technologies across sectors.