At the end of this past May, the National Science Foundation (NSF) invited scientists, engineers, and educators to showcase their NSF-sponsored CubeSats. RAX, the first NSF-sponsored CubeSat, was presented by Prof. Cutler, the RAX Co-PI and MXL director.
The video of the NSF CubeSat Showcase features Prof. Cutler at 20 minutes in to the presentation. Continue Reading »
NASA has awarded its first “low-cost” Venture-class Earth Science Mission to the University of Michigan. The mission, Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS), will study ocean weather, and the data from CYGNSS will help scientists analyze the formulation and life of hurricanes. CYGNSS will receive $151.7M over the next 5 years to develop and build eight Continue Reading »
MXL team members and alumni attended the first Interplanetary CubeSat (iCubeSat) Workshop last week. The workshop took place at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was coordinated by students from MIT, Cornell University, and the University of Michigan.
