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CUA FPPT Article Featured on Kudos.com

CUA FPPT Article Featured on Kudos.com Tuesday, November 10, 2020

"Analysis of Fiber-Fed Pulsed Plasma Thruster Performance"

CUA Becomes INN Innovation Partner

CUA Becomes INN Innovation Partner Wednesday, September 2, 2020

https://www.innovationnewsnetwork.com/partners/

CUA SmallSat 2020 Overview Presentation

CUA SmallSat 2020 Overview Presentation Wednesday, August 5, 2020

The 2020 Small Sat Conference CUA exhibit booth Overview Presentation and Q&A Session are available on the CUA YouTube channel now!

CUA is Featured in Innovation News Network Article

CUA is Featured in Innovation News Network Article Tuesday, June 2, 2020

CU Aerospace is featured in an article "CU Aerospace: Revolutionizing Satellite Technology" in the Innovation News Network's The Innovation Platform Issue 2, see pp. 24-25, discussing our five latest innovative micropropulsion systems for micro/nanosatellites.

CUA/UIUC Partnership Continues with DUPLEX Mission

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The CUA/UIUC team was recently awarded $1.7 million in new funding from NASA to work on another CubeSat project, the DUPLEX mission.

CUA Wins NASA Award to Launch its 2nd Satellite

CUA Wins NASA Award to Launch its 2nd Satellite Monday, September 30, 2019

CUA has been selected by NASA as one of 14 American companies as partners whose Tipping Point technologies will help enable the agency's Moon to Mars exploration approach. This means that CUA will launch its second satellite, called DUPLEX, with two CUA thruster systems on board, such that CUA's first satellite, CubeSail, will have a satellite cousin on orbit!

CubeSail mission highlighted in NBC online article

CubeSail mission highlighted in NBC online article Monday, June 3, 2019

NBC News discusses solar sails, including the CubeSail mission, that could herald a new era of spaceflight in which spacecraft forgo the rocket motors they've relied on for decades.

CubeSail Mission Highlighted in NASA ELaNa XIX Mission Video

CubeSail Mission Highlighted in NASA ELaNa XIX Mission Video Thursday, April 25, 2019

NASA recently released a documentary featuring the ELaNa XIX launch on a Rocket Lab Electron rocket and the missions included in this historic launch, including CubeSail. See time stamp 7:12 for details about CubeSail.

CubeSail Has Its Own Twitter Feed!

CubeSail Has Its Own Twitter Feed! Friday, December 14, 2018

Follow CubeSail's "personal" Twitter feed!

https://twitter.com/CubeSail_CUA

CubeSail is Highlighted on The 21st

CubeSail is Highlighted on The 21st Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Listen to The 21st, Illinois's statewide news talk show to hear about the CubeSail mission from David Carroll and UIUC.

CubeSail is discussed at 35:10 in the audio link.

CubeSail Described on WILL Radio

CubeSail Described on WILL Radio Wednesday, December 12, 2018

Listen to a description of our CubeSail mission on WILL radio, Illinois Public Media.

CubeSail Launch Featured in News Gazette Article

CubeSail Launch Featured in News Gazette Article Wednesday, December 12, 2018

The News Gazette has written a great feature article about the CubeSail mission and our upcoming launch, set for 10:00 PM CST tonight!!

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CubeSail Satellite Bus Engineer Talks with News-Gazette

CubeSail Satellite Bus Engineer Talks with News-Gazette Sunday, December 24, 2017

Dawn Haken, a junior in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is the student team lead for the IlliniSat 2 bus which is being used for the CU Aerospace CubeSail mission. She is interviewed by the News-Gazette to discuss mission goals and upcoming launch schedule. Watch the video here: http://www.news-gazette.com/video/2017-12-24/wired-dawn-haken.html

CUA Mentioned in Planetary Society Solar Sailing Missions Overview

CUA Mentioned in Planetary Society Solar Sailing Missions Overview Wednesday, August 23, 2017

CU Aerospace co-founder Victoria Coverstone is quoted in Planetary Society's solar sailing mission update overview.

CUA CubeSail Mission Slated for Launch

CUA CubeSail Mission Slated for Launch Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The joint CU Aerospace/University of Illinois mission CubeSail is officially manifested for launch in mid-2017. It will launch through the NASA program Educational Launch of Nanosatellites: Project ELaNa to 85 deg. inclination, 500 km altitude.

BBC Two airs segment highlighting Zero G research flight

BBC Two airs segment highlighting Zero G research flight Wednesday, January 8, 2014

The BBC show Stargazing Live tapes on Zero G research flight on which CUA hardware was flown. CubeSail can be seen at 0:52, 0:56, and 3:40 in the YouTube video linked below.

CubeSail hardware tested on Zero G flight

CubeSail hardware tested on Zero G flight Sunday, November 17, 2013

Senior Engineer, Julia Laystrom-Woodard, tests the CubeSail payload hardware on a Zero G research flight.

UltraSail/CubeSail Technology Featured in NASA Tech Briefs

UltraSail/CubeSail Technology Featured in NASA Tech Briefs Sunday, September 1, 2013

The CU Aerospace/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign team is featured for their UltraSail/CubeSail technology development in NASA Tech Briefs.

CU Aerospace Featured on Next Big Future

CU Aerospace Featured on Next Big Future Thursday, May 31, 2012

The CU Aerospace CubeSail mission has been featured on the tech blog Next Big Future.