A second constellation of NearSpace Launch ThinSats were transported to very low Earth orbit in 2022 in a Northrop Grumman Antares rocket as part of a STEM educational campaign from Virginia Space and Twiggs Space Labs. Credit: NearSpace Launch

ThinSats, the toast-shaped miniature satellites designed primarily as teaching tools, have attracted Small Business Innovation Research funding from NASA and the U.S. Space Force.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...