{"id":60985,"date":"2015-09-23T13:44:53","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T17:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-370795"},"modified":"2024-05-03T16:32:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T20:32:58","slug":"technology-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/technology-demonstrations\/","title":{"rendered":"SST Projects and Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\" hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-secondary-navigation\"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-wrapper z-top width-100 padding-0\"><div id=\"\" class=\"hds-secondary-navigation width-full border-bottom-1px text-center hds-color-mode-light hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-hdsnav\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"hds-secondary-nav-mobile-button display-flex tablet:display-flex desktop:display-none width-full flex-align-center bg-carbon-90 border-color-carbon-80 color-spacesuit-white\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"hds-secondary-nav-track\"><span>Small Spacecraft Technology<\/span><svg width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 400 400\" viewBox=\"0 0 400 400\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"m4.2 122.2 195.1 195.1 196.5-196.6-37.9-38-157.8 157.8-156.8-156.8z\" \/><\/svg><\/button><div class=\"hds-secondary-nav-track grid-container grid-container-extrawide padding-0 tablet:padding-x-3 desktop:padding-x-2 \"><div class=\"hds-secondary-navigation-menu-items\"><nav><ul class=\"usa-nav__primary usa-accordion flex-justify-center margin-0\"><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/smallsat_overview\/\">About<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/technology-demonstrations\">Technology Demonstrations<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/smallsat-technology-partnership-initiative\/\">Partnerships<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/solicitations\/\">Work with Us<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/sst-resources\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"usa-nav__primary-item \"><a class=\"usa-nav__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallsat-institute\/\">S3VI<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"padding-0 bg-spacesuit-white wp-block-nasa-blocks-page-intro\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-page-intro hds-page-intro-banner width-full maxw-full padding-0 hds-cover-wrapper minh-tablet\">\n\t\t<div class=\"hds-foreground-wrapper display-flex\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container grid-container-block margin-top-auto margin-bottom-auto width-full maxw-desktop-lg padding-top-9 padding-x-3 z-400\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"page-heading-md line-height-sm color-spacesuit-white-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTechnology Demonstrations \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg color-carbon-30-important\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-6 desktop:padding-right-4 margin-bottom-3 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-left mobile-skrim-top z-200\"><\/div>\n\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?w=2048\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"photo of LISA-T in zero gravity\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 0% 18%; object-position: 0% 18%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-card-grid padding-top-7 padding-bottom-3 padding-x-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-card-grid\">\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-grid-header grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-start margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Current Missions<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-grid-cards grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cards-included grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=1536,1152 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=2048,1536 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=400,300 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=600,450 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=900,675 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=1200,900 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acs3-flight-sail-test-fit-20220506-02.jpg?resize=2000,1500 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Advanced Composite Solar Sail System<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">NASA is developing new deployable structures and materials technologies for solar sail propulsion systems destined for future low-cost deep space missions. The mission uses composite materials in its novel, lightweight booms that deploy from a CubeSat. ACS3 launched on April 23, 2024, aboard a Rocket Lab Electron rocket from the company\u2019s Launch Complex 1 in M\u0101hia, New Zealand.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/acs3\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"The capstone spacecraft with solar panels open on either side is lit on one side by the sun which is peeking out in the background from behind the darkened Earth.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 0% 48%; object-position: 0% 48%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg 3840w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=2048,1152 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=900,506 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=1200,675 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/capstone_05-19jan22_0_0.jpeg?resize=2000,1125 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">CAPSTONE<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">A microwave oven\u2013sized CubeSat weighing just 55 pounds is the first spacecraft to test a unique, elliptical lunar orbit as part of NASA\u2019s CAPSTONE mission. CAPSTONE launched on June 28, 2022 aboard a Rocket Lab\u2019s Electron rocket from the company\u2019s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand. CAPSTONE entered lunar orbit in November 2022.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/capstone\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 53% 0%; object-position: 53% 0%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/sstp-click-5-still-image.jpg?resize=900,507 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">CubeSat Laser Infrared CrosslinK<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">The CLICK mission will demonstrate technology to advance the state of the art in communications between small spacecraft as well as the capability to gauge their relative distance and location. CLICK is comprised of two sequential missions. CLICK A launched on July 14, 2022 aboard SpaceX's 25th Commercial Resupply Service (CRS-25) mission to the International Space Station. The\u00a0CLICK B\/C launch is anticipated no earlier than\u00a0August\u00a02025.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/click\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"disksat\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 54% 40%; object-position: 54% 40%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png 1854w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=768,257 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=1024,343 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=1536,514 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=400,134 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=600,201 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=900,301 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/disksat-transparent.png?resize=1200,402 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">DiskSat<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">NASA is funding designers of small spacecraft at The Aerospace Corporation in El Segundo, California, to develop a technology demonstration of an evolutionary alternative to the CubeSat standard that maintains the benefits of that platform while overcoming key limitations. DiskSat is a plate-shaped satellite 40 inches in diameter and an inch thick that could offer more power and surface area for instruments, providing more opportunities for NASA to expand upon target mission objectives for small spacecraft. This first DiskSat demonstration is anticipated to launch no earlier than April 2026.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/%20www.nasa.gov\/mission\/disksat\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(2); transform-origin: 51% 22%; object-position: 51% 22%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg 5184w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=400,267 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=600,400 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=900,600 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=1200,800 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ptd-4-lisa-t-zero-g.jpg?resize=2000,1333 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Pathfinder Technology\u00a0 Demonstrator<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">This series of technology demonstrations will benefit future missions by demonstrating the operation of new subsystem technologies on orbit. These include propulsion systems that provide the capability to maneuver small science platforms; novel technologies to generate more electrical power for deep space small spacecraft missions; and laser communications systems that will greatly increase the amount of data that can be transmitted from the spacecraft to the ground. PTD-4 and PTD-5 are anticipated to launch\u00a0no earlier than June 2024.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/pathfinder-technology-demonstrator-ptd\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acd22-0013-031-sm.jpeg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acd22-0013-031-sm.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acd22-0013-031-sm.jpeg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acd22-0013-031-sm.jpeg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acd22-0013-031-sm.jpeg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/acd22-0013-031-sm.jpeg?resize=600,337 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Starling<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">NASA\u2019s Starling mission is advancing the readiness of various technologies for cooperative groups of spacecraft \u2013 also known as distributed missions, clusters, or swarms. Starling will demonstrate technologies to enable multipoint science data collection by several small spacecraft flying in swarms. The six-month mission will use four\u00a0CubeSats\u00a0in low-Earth orbit to test four technologies that let spacecraft operate in a synchronized manner without resources from the ground. Starling launched July 17, 2023 from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/starling\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"past-missions\" class=\"hds-card-grid padding-top-7 padding-bottom-3 padding-x-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-card-grid\">\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-grid-header grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-start margin-bottom-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"section-heading-sm line-height-sm\">Past Missions<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col display-flex flex-align-center desktop:flex-justify-end\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-grid-cards grid-container grid-container-block\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cards-included grid-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"CPOD\" style=\"transform: scale(1.1); transform-origin: 34% 42%; object-position: 34% 42%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg 2592w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=300,224 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=768,574 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=1024,765 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=1536,1147 1536w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=2048,1530 2048w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=400,299 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=600,448 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=900,672 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=1200,896 1200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/sstp_cpod.jpg?resize=2000,1494 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">CubeSat Proximity Operations Demonstration (CPOD)<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">The CubeSat Proximity Operations Demonstration (CPOD)\u00a0mission has ended after the spacecraft\u2019s fuel was depleted. The mission was unable to demonstrate rendezvous, proximity operations and docking (RPOD)\u00a0maneuvers as planned.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/cpod\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"EDSN Flight Units\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg?resize=300,216 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg?resize=768,554 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg?resize=1024,739 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg?resize=400,289 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg?resize=600,433 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/edsn_gallery_0.jpg?resize=900,649 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Edison Demonstration of SmallSat Networks (EDSN)<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">On November 3, 2015, the eight small satellites of the Edison Demonstration of Smallsat Networks (EDSN) mission were lost in the failure of the launch vehicle that was carrying them to orbit as secondary payloads.\u00a0 There will be an opportunity to complete some of the objectives of the EDSN mission in the Nodes follow-on mission.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/edsn-mission\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"572\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/isara_antenna_deploys.png?w=572\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"ISARA smallsat antenna deploys\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 61% 76%; object-position: 61% 76%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/isara_antenna_deploys.png 572w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/isara_antenna_deploys.png?resize=300,285 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/isara_antenna_deploys.png?resize=400,380 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Integrated Solar Array and Reflectarray Antenna (ISARA)<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">The\u00a0ISARA\u00a0mission demonstrated a\u00a0reflectarray\u00a0antenna that increases\u00a0downlink\u00a0data rates for\u00a0CubeSats\u00a0from the existing baseline rate of 9.6 kilobits per second (kbps) to more than 100 megabits per second (Mbps). The\u00a0ISARA\u00a0spacecraft was launched November 12, 2017 on the Cygnus Resupply Mission (OA-8) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/isar\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"rendering of lunar flashlight in space\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 93% 61%; object-position: 93% 61%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?resize=600,338 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?resize=900,507 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/1-pia25626-lunar-flashlight-illo-lone1.width-1320-1.jpg?resize=1200,675 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Lunar Flashlight<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">NASA\u2019s Lunar Flashlight launched Dec. 11, 2022, to demonstrate several new technologies, with an ultimate goal to seek out surface ice in the permanently shadowed craters of the Moon\u2019s South Pole.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/lunar-flashlight\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"962\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Nodes\" style=\"transform: scale(2); transform-origin: 58% 64%; object-position: 58% 64%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg 3280w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=200,300 200w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=768,1154 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=682,1024 682w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=1022,1536 1022w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=1363,2048 1363w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=266,400 266w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=399,600 399w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=599,900 599w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=799,1200 799w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/iss047e120450-nodes.jpeg?resize=1331,2000 1331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Nodes<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">Nodes is a technology demonstration mission that was launched to the International Space Station on December 6, 2015. The two Nodes satellites subsequently deployed from the Station on May 16, 2016 to demonstrate new network capabilities critical to the operation of swarms of spacecraft.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/nasa-small-satellites-to-demonstrate-swarm-communications-and-autonomy\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"hds-card-custom hds-card color-carbon-black display-flex flex-column margin-bottom-5 mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-6\"><div class=\"hds-card-inner\"><div class=\"hds-card-thumbnail hds-card-hover-zoom-image margin-bottom-2 bg-carbon-black\"><figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png?w=640\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"An OCSD spacecraft activates its thruster. \" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png?resize=300,178 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png?resize=768,456 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png?resize=1024,608 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png?resize=400,237 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png?resize=600,356 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ocsd_02_v02.png?resize=900,534 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"padding-right-0\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-1\"><h3 class=\"heading-18\">Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD)<\/h3><\/div><p class=\"margin-top-0 line-height-lg\">The OCSD mission addresses two cross-cutting capabilities of value to many future small spacecraft missions: high-speed optical transmission of data and small spacecraft proximity operations. This mission consists of two flights. The second OCSD mission, with two satellites, launched November 12, 2017 on the Cygnus Resupply Mission (OA-8) from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, Wallops Flight Facility, Virginia.<\/p><div class=\"margin-top-2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/smallspacecraft\/ocsd-project\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"button-primary button-primary-md link-external-0\"><span role=\"textbox\" aria-multiline=\"true\" aria-label=\"Write button text here\" class=\"line-height-alt-1\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; min-width: 1px;\">Read More<\/span><svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"button-primary-circle\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-topic-cards nasa-gb-align-full maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 color-mode-dark hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-topic-cards\">\t\t<div class=\"grid-container grid-container-block-lg padding-x-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row flex-align-center margin-bottom-3\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"label color-carbon-60 margin-bottom-2\">Keep Exploring<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-36 line-height-sm\">Discover More Topics From NASA<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-gap-2 hds-topic-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/space-technology-mission-directorate\/\" class=\"mobile:grid-col-12 tablet:grid-col-6 desktop:grid-col-3 topic-card margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-topic-card hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"skrim-overlay skrim-overlay-dark skrim-left mobile-skrim-top padding-3 display-flex flex-align-end flex-justify-start z-200\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"hds-topic-card-heading heading-29 color-spacesuit-white line-height-sm margin-top-0 margin-bottom-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Space Technology Mission Directorate<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg viewBox=\"0 0 32 32\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><circle class=\"color-nasa-red\" cx=\"16\" cy=\"16\" r=\"16\"><\/circle><path d=\"M8 16.956h12.604l-3.844 4.106 1.252 1.338L24 16l-5.988-6.4-1.252 1.338 3.844 4.106H8v1.912z\" class=\"color-spacesuit-white\"><\/path><\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"margin-bottom-0 margin-top-2 color-carbon-20-important\">Space Technology Mission Directorate. Technology drives exploration and the space economy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?w=525\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg 525w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=197,300 197w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=263,400 263w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/stmd.jpg?resize=394,600 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a 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