Uploaded April 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
NASA is broadening space exploration through a new kind of satellite: the CubeSat. CubeSats are tiny satellites, ranging in size from roughly that of a Rubik’s cube to that of shoe or cereal box. To date, more than 800 have been launched into space. Two of these are the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, and the Lunar Flashlight. MinXSS was mainly built by graduate students and uses X-ray observations to help us understand how space weather affects Earth’s atmosphere, while Lunar Flashlight is searching for frozen water on the Moon’s poles.
Interview: Chris Moore, Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Free for Educational Use
4K Planetarium Domemasters and educator guides available: https://www.colorado.edu/fiske/fiske-productions
Fiske is one of the largest planetariums in the US, having served CU Boulder & the local community since 1975. We offer a diverse range of fulldome films, live talks, laser and liquid sky shows, as well as public gatherings for astronomical and NASA-related events.
Follow Fiske Planetarium:
Website | https://www.colorado.edu/fiske
Instagram | instagram.com/fiskeplanet
Facebook | facebook.com/teamfiske
NASA is broadening space exploration through a new kind of satellite: the CubeSat. CubeSats are tiny satellites, ranging in size from roughly that of a Rubik’s cube to that of shoe or cereal box. To date, more than 800 have been launched into space. Two of these are the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer, or MinXSS, and the Lunar Flashlight. MinXSS was mainly built by graduate students and uses X-ray observations to help us understand how space weather affects Earth’s atmosphere, while Lunar Flashlight is searching for frozen water on the Moon’s poles.
Interview: Chris Moore, Postdoctoral Researcher at Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Free for Educational Use
4K Planetarium Domemasters and educator guides available: https://www.colorado.edu/fiske/fiske-productions
Fiske is one of the largest planetariums in the US, having served CU Boulder & the local community since 1975. We offer a diverse range of fulldome films, live talks, laser and liquid sky shows, as well as public gatherings for astronomical and NASA-related events.
Follow Fiske Planetarium:
Website | https://www.colorado.edu/fiske
Instagram | instagram.com/fiskeplanet
Facebook | facebook.com/teamfiske
