Water-Powered Cubesat Satellite Shoots for the Moon
A Cornell University student team called the Cislunar Explorers is developing the little orbiter as part of NASA's Cube Quest Challenge, which is offering $5.5 million in total to teams that build small satellites known as cubesats. The Cislunar Explorers are in phase 3 out of the four-phase Ground Tournament portion of the challenge, and finished first in last spring's phase 2 tournament. If they make the top three teams overall, their satellite will get a ride on NASA's Space Launch System in
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