RAX (Radio Aurora Explorer)

06/12/2013

MXL's newest satellite, MCubed-2, launched successfully last night and is now operating in orbit! Be sure to "like" Michigan Exploration Laboratory for the latest updates on MXL missions, and beacon information for MCubed-2 is available at http://exploration.engin.umich.edu

01/08/2013

RAX friends, alumni, and enthusiasts - please be sure to "like" the Michigan Exploration Laboratory page for updates about RAX and its sister missions and projects.

The Michigan Exploration Laboratories (MXL) works to achieve a comprehensive blend of education, research, and entrepreneurship within the University of Michigan College of Engineering.

10/07/2013

The CAT kickstarter project has been growing! Check out these articles for more info!

http://www.space.com/21867-cubesat-deep-space-propulsion-kickstarter.html

http://www.engin.umich.edu/college/about/news/dme/kickstarter/

Researchers plan to launch a tiny spacecraft to Earth orbit and beyond in the next 18 months or so, in a key test of new propulsion technology that could help cut the cost of planetary exploration by a factor of 1,000.

04/07/2013

Check out our Kickstarter project to develop a thruster and enable interplanetary CubeSats!

15/04/2013

RAX's website is down temporarily as we migrate it to a new server. Should be back up in a hour or so.

11/03/2013

Today is RAX-2's 500th day of on-orbit operations!

01/01/2013

Happy New Year from the RAX team!

29/11/2012

Check out Michigan Engineering's latest video featuring RAX-2 and Michigan Exploration Laboratory (MXL)

http://bit.ly/U4w13k

27/10/2012

Today RAX-2 surpassed one year on-orbit!!

28/09/2012

Want to learn more about the growing problem of "space junk?" Check out this video featuring RAX Co-PI Prof. James Cutler explaining the challenges that space debris present to spacecraft like the International Space Station.

U-M Professor Jamie Cutler describes the challenges with controlling and anticipating collisions with space debris, and how that challenge is being tackled in space exploration. The discussion comes as NASA cancels a potential maneuver to move the Space Station after...

11/08/2012

The College of Engineering recently profiled another RAX alumnus, Dr. Eric Gustafson, who credits his experience with RAX for preparing him to work on JPL's Mars Science Lab.

Experience with the RAX student satellite project helped prepare a recent Michigan Engineering grad to help guide the Mars Science Laboratory on its way to the red planet.

07/08/2012

RAX team members recently participated in a small satellite workshop at Caltech in Pasadena, California. Check out the MXL blog for more information, and to see a video of Prof. Cutler's presentation.

Allison Craddock | Abstracts, Presentations, and Posters, Conferences, RAX-1, RAX-2, Research, Workshops