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Dream Big Reaches Orbit: First Contact Achieved
The Dream Big program has officially reached an incredible milestone. Following launch aboard the SpaceX Transporter-16 mission, we are proud to confirm that all six student-built satellites have been successfully deployed and first contact has been established with each one. For anyone involved in space missions, that first signal from orbit is unforgettable. After months
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From Classroom to Orbit: Highlighting UToledo’s Dream Big Story
Recently, the University of Toledo spotlighted their experience as part of the Dream Big initiative, and we’re excited to share their story as one example of this collaboration in action. A Shared Mission, Brought to Life by Students Through Dream Big, students across six universities have worked alongside high school teams to design, build, and
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Dream Big Spotlight: University of Toledo – GLOBE Mission EARTH (GME)
GME: GLOBE Mission EARTH University of Toledo students are leading an innovative collaboration that is bringing Earth science to the edge of space, using advanced sensors to study our planet’s surface and atmosphere. Payload Overview: Environmental and Spectral Sensing Technology GME is a collaborative mission between the University of Toledo and three partner high schools:
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Dream Big Spotlight: Western Aerospace Thin-Sat (WATS)
WATS: Western Aerospace Thin-Sat Western Aerospace students test innovative plasma-sensing technology designed for next-generation CubeSat propulsion systems. Payload Overview: Electrospray Propulsion Technology The primary goal of the Western Aerospace Thin-Sat (WATS) mission is to validate and test technology that will be used in future CubeSat missions. Demonstrating a single polarity electrospray propulsion system. The Thin-Sat
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Dream Big Spotlight: PFW Precision Flight Works
Precision Flight Works at Purdue Fort Wayne Purdue Fort Wayne’s Precision Flight Works prototypes a low-cost aerosol-sensing payload aboard the Dream Big satellite. Payload Overview: Low-Cost Orbital Aerosol Monitoring The payload from Precision Flight Works is a climate-focused satellite instrument designed to measure aerosols in Earth’s atmosphere, providing critical data to track environmental and atmospheric
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Dream Big Spotlight: IrishSat
Notre Dame’s IrishSat Team & CHARMS Mission Notre Dame’s IrishSat team advances small satellite attitude control with the CHARMS payload CHARMS – Control of Hardware Attitude using Reliable Magnetorquers Satellite The Control of Hardware Attitude using Reliable Magnetorquers Satellite (CHARMS) is a response to the attitude control problem that small satellites face. Designed as a
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Dream Big Spotlight: Valparaiso Space Program
Valparaiso Space Program: BCON-2 Valparaiso Space Program students expand nanosatellite communications with their BCON-2 Dream Big payload. Introducing BCON-2 The BCON-2 mission is to demonstrate increasing data downlink timefrom nanosatellites by transmitting to receive-only ground stationsoperated by independent amateurs and hobbyists, specifically stationspart of the SatNOGS Network. This allows use of lower cost andcomplexity RF
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Dream Big Spotlight: TU SkyForge Core
Taylor University’s SkyForge Core Taylor University student research team tackles radiation-induced faults in space with an experimental computing system. Introducing SkyForge Core SkyForge Core is an experimental computing system designed to address radiation-induced faults in space. It integrates three Raspberry Pi Zero W units into a triple modular redundant architecture, running identical tasks on each
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2025 Summer Camps – Week 1 Recap
2025 NSE Summer Camps are Underway! Friday, June 20th marked a major milestone for NearSpace Education as we wrapped up the first week of our 2025 summer camps. This year not only kicked off our first ever week long overnight camp, but also marked our first ever summer camp hosted in our new makerspace facility.
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First Event at NSE Makerspace!
Welcoming IU Kokomo Kids college It was a pleasure to host the Kids College by Indiana University Kokomo on Friday, June 13th, for the very first official event in our new community Makerspace and NSE headquarters. We welcomed 55 sixth and seventh grade students from Justice Intermediate School in Marion for a full day of