Cubes in Space

The Only Global STEM Program for Students 11-18 years of Age
Providing Suborbital Flight Opportunities on NASA Missions.

Cubes in Space^TM, a program by iEDU, provides students access to space to design, research and test experiments on NASA missions.

Cubes in Space is offered in collaboration with
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Wallops Flight Facility,
NASA's Langley Research Center, and Science Systems and Applications Inc.

Big Science in Little Cubes

Science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics (STEAM) knowledge and skills are seamlessly combined and applied in the design of these incredibly small experiments. Students use their imaginations and critical thinking skills to design experiments and research that connect to real world space or Earth-based problems.

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Grade school students send research in tiny cubes into space. In Virginia, 11- to 18-year-olds are preparing to send a 4x4 centimeter cube with dehydrated blood, and another one with an EpiPen, to see how it survives in space.

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Students LOVE Cubes in Space!

If you want to see authentic learning and
STEM in ACTION, check out this awesome video from New England SciTech describing their students' experiences with our program!

BREAKING NEWS!

Gifted students at St. Brother André Elementary School in Ottawa have made a groundbreaking discovery through the "Cubes in Space" program: EpiPens don't work in space

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See the winners' designs

2023 CiS Mission Patch Winners!

Announcing the winning 2023 Cubes in Space Mission Patch designs for our Sounding Rocket-9 (SR-9) and Research Balloon-8 (RB-8) mission.

Since Cubes in Space began in 2014, we have flown
over 1,300 experiments representing 2,600+ educators
and 24,000 students from 76 countries!

Program Opens on 01 December 2023

ATTENTION CUBES IN SPACE REGISTRANTS!!
We do NOT fly cubesats, nanosats or any other small satellites. This program is for non-university students to conduct scientific research. We will NOT select any "world's smallest satellite" or small-sat themed experiments or concepts for flight.

LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Educators are invited to join us to bring space to students for scientific exploration, research and technology development. If you are a formal, informal, homeschool or non-formal educator, you can bring the Cubes in Space program to your student(s).

Educators register for the program and deliver the course to the students 11-18 years of age that are not attending a university or college. Students learn and design experiments or technologies that connect to a real-world Earth or space-based problem or need. Experiments are proposed through the Application for Spaceflight that educators submit on the students' behalf. If selected, experiments are launched from a NASA facility in summer 2024 and returned to students.

For the selected experiments, educators receive the plastic payload cubes that house the experiments. Post-flight, the experiments are returned for students to conduct (further) testing and analysis.

Experiments launched on NASA suborbital flights in 2023.

Sounding Rocket

75 experiments launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
June 2023

Scientific Balloon

100 experiments launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility
Late summer 2023

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“IT’S THE COOLEST PROGRAM EVER!! There has been constant support from the CiS team and I’m so glad I get to be a part of this!”

S.Patel, Cubes in Space Academy Student

“From their initial idea to their final revisions with a deadline looming overhead, it is 100% their Science to own! Communicating.. Researching.. Collaborating.. Cooperating... all the necessary ingredients for the Team to Work seamlessly throughout the Scientific Proposal Writing experience. Thank you Cubes in Space for this fantastic opportunity being afforded to all students involved!”

Debra Parker

“We will forever be grateful to Cubes in Space, for not only providing an extraordinary real-world opportunity to launch a self-designed experiment into space, but for also demonstrating perseverance...Not only were they able to conduct science experiments (many, many times over!), they developed life-long skills like adaptability, focus, and determination. Thank you Cubes in Space! We will be back!”

Caroline Hunter

“This being the seventh consecutive year that Academia Cotopaxi has participated in the Cubes in Space program, I can attest that it is incomparable to any other space-education opportunity for students from 5th to12th grade. When it comes to extremely high engagement in STEAM, hands-on learning, the promotion of higher-thinking skills, and global inclusion. From start to finish, Cubes in Space is out of this world (both figuratively and literally)!”

Margot Fenton Solberg

“A really challenging couple of years. But the programme was fun and highly developmental. It really stimulated the interest of our students. I know for certain that at least one girl has decided to take A-level physics as a direct result of participating in this project.”

Andy Brittain

"We were excited [to] discover Cubes in Space and the Online Academy. While participating in this one of a kind program, [our daughter’s] knowledge with utilizing and applying critical thinking skills soared as she was challenged each week with activities that required her to solve problems fully utilizing and applying the scientific method."

Peyton Family

The Only Global STEM Program for Students 11-18 years of Age Providing Suborbital Flight Opportunities on NASA Missions.

Cubes in SpaceTM, a program by iEDU, provides students access to space to design, research and test experiments on NASA missions.

Cubes in Space is offered in collaboration with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Wallops Flight Facility, NASA's Langley Research Center, and Science Systems and Applications Inc.

Big Science in Little Cubes

MARKETPLACE TECH

Grade school students send research in tiny cubes into space. In Virginia, 11- to 18-year-olds are preparing to send a 4x4 centimeter cube with dehydrated blood, and another one with an EpiPen, to see how it survives in space.

Students LOVE Cubes in Space!

If you want to see authentic learning and STEM in ACTION, check out this awesome video from New England SciTech describing their students' experiences with our program!

BREAKING NEWS!

Gifted students at St. Brother André Elementary School in Ottawa have made a groundbreaking discovery through the "Cubes in Space" program: EpiPens don't work in space

2023 CiS Mission Patch Winners!

Announcing the winning 2023 Cubes in Space Mission Patch designs for our Sounding Rocket-9 (SR-9) and Research Balloon-8 (RB-8) mission.

Since Cubes in Space began in 2014, we have flown over 1,300 experiments representing 2,600+ educators and 24,000 students from 76 countries!

Program Opens on 01 December 2023

ATTENTION CUBES IN SPACE REGISTRANTS!! We do NOT fly cubesats, nanosats or any other small satellites. This program is for non-university students to conduct scientific research. We will NOT select any "world's smallest satellite" or small-sat themed experiments or concepts for flight.

LEARN ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Educators are invited to join us to bring space to students for scientific exploration, research and technology development. If you are a formal, informal, homeschool or non-formal educator, you can bring the Cubes in Space program to your student(s).

For the selected experiments, educators receive the plastic payload cubes that house the experiments. Post-flight, the experiments are returned for students to conduct (further) testing and analysis.

Experiments launched on NASA suborbital flights in 2023.

Sounding Rocket

75 experiments launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility June 2023

Scientific Balloon

100 experiments launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility Late summer 2023

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

“IT’S THE COOLEST PROGRAM EVER!! There has been constant support from the CiS team and I’m so glad I get to be a part of this!”

S.Patel, Cubes in Space Academy Student

Debra Parker

Caroline Hunter

Margot Fenton Solberg

“A really challenging couple of years. But the programme was fun and highly developmental. It really stimulated the interest of our students. I know for certain that at least one girl has decided to take A-level physics as a direct result of participating in this project.”

Andy Brittain

Peyton Family

Sponsors & Partners

The Only Global STEM Program for Students 11-18 years of Age
Providing Suborbital Flight Opportunities on NASA Missions.

Cubes in Space^TM, a program by iEDU, provides students access to space to design, research and test experiments on NASA missions.

Cubes in Space is offered in collaboration with
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Wallops Flight Facility,
NASA's Langley Research Center, and Science Systems and Applications Inc.

If you want to see authentic learning and
STEM in ACTION, check out this awesome video from New England SciTech describing their students' experiences with our program!

Since Cubes in Space began in 2014, we have flown
over 1,300 experiments representing 2,600+ educators
and 24,000 students from 76 countries!

ATTENTION CUBES IN SPACE REGISTRANTS!!
We do NOT fly cubesats, nanosats or any other small satellites. This program is for non-university students to conduct scientific research. We will NOT select any "world's smallest satellite" or small-sat themed experiments or concepts for flight.

75 experiments launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
June 2023

100 experiments launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility
Late summer 2023