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    Lunar Trailblazer

    NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer mission would have provided new insights into the lunar water cycle. .

    Launch date: Feb. 26, 2025

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    Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC)

    The experiment successfully demonstrated high-bandwidth communications in deep space for the first time. .

    Launch date: Oct. 5, 2023

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    Lunar Flashlight

    Roughly the size of a briefcase, Lunar Flashlight is a very small satellite being developed and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory that will use near-infrared lasers and an onboard spectrometer to map ice in permanently shadowed regions near the Moon's south pole. .

    Launch date: Dec. 11, 2022

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    Near Earth Asteroid Scout

    The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout was a CubeSat that launched as a secondary payload on Artemis I. .

    Launch date: September 2022

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    Ingenuity

    The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter was a small, autonomous aircraft. It was sent to Mars to perform experimental flight tests to determine if powered, controlled flight at the Red Planet was possible. .

    Launch date: July 30, 2020

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    Deep Space Atomic Clock

    The Deep Space Atomic Clock, or DSAC, was a technology demonstration of a small, ultra-precise, mercury-ion atomic clock launched into Earth orbit to test its potential as a next-generation tool for spacecraft navigation, radio science, and global positioning systems. .

    Launch date: June 25, 2019

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    CubeRRT

    The main objective of the CubeRRT mission was to demonstrate the RFI mitigation technology on a flight-ready hardware in space, increasing the technology readiness level (TRL) from 6 to 7. .

    Launch date: May 21, 2018

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    TEMPEST-D

    TEMPEST-D was a technology demonstration mission to enable millimeter wave radiometer technologies on a low-cost, short development schedule. .

    Launch date: May 21, 2018

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    RainCube

    RainCube (Radar in a CubeSat) is a technology demonstration mission to enable Ka-band precipitation radar technologies on a low-cost, quick-turnaround platform. .

    Launch date: May 21, 2018

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    InSight

    InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, was a Mars lander designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough checkup since it formed 4 billion years ago. .

    Launch date: May 5, 2018

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    MarCO

    The twin communications-relay CubeSats, built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, constitute a technology demonstration called Mars Cube One (MarCO). .

    Launch date: May 5, 2018

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    ISARA

    The ISARA mission demonstrated a high bandwidth Ka-band CubeSat communications capability that is ready for immediate infusion into commercial, government and military systems. .

    Launch date: Nov. 10, 2017

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