Tuskegee Receives $300,000 from NASA to Develop Small Spacecrafts

From Tuskegee University …

Tuskegee University has received a two-year, $300,000 grant from the NASA Science Mission Directorate Bridge program that will allow students to develop small spacecrafts.

“This award will support the expansion of the Aerospace Science Engineering Department's academic and research capacity in the space domain,” said Dr. M. Javed Khan, professor and head of the Aerospace Science Engineering Department and principal investigator of the project.  “The department will develop capability for the design, and development of a CubeSat with the ultimate objective of launching it into space.”

CubeSats are small spacecrafts that orbit the earth while conducting small science experiments. They allow schools like Tuskegee to launch their own missions, providing students with experience in hands-on research to design and launch space missions.

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