Cubes in Space

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

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

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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Since Cubes in Space began in 2014, we have flown over 1,000 experiments representing 2,300+ educators and 22,000 students from 75 countries!

Cubes in Space is offered in collaboration with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Wallops Flight Facility, NASA's Langley Research Center
and the Colorado Space Grant Consortium.

Program Registration Closes

For a list of important dates visit the Timeline

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 2022 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 are launched on NASA suborbital flights.

Sounding Rocket

80 experiments launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
June 2022

Scientific Balloon

120 experiments launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility
Late summer 2022

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

"I appreciate that you continued to offer this in the midst of a global pandemic that shut down so many other opportunities. This [was] a bright spot in a dark year for both my students and me. Over the years of facilitating Cubes in Space, I've seen this experience spark a love of science, space, and NASA in my students. It is something that they talk about long after they have completed their experiment."

Sara Torchia, Bear Creek School, Pennsylvania

"The Cubes in Space Program allows all students, regardless of the socio-economic status, race or gender, to experience what it is like to take part in real-world science. Students brainstorm, design, create and test their own experiments that actually go to space. This rare opportunity has benefitted my students immensely and has inspired their future STEM careers."

Ashlie Smith, Cranbrook Middle School for Girls, Michigan

"So incredibly grateful for the opportunity for my students to think and participate in experimental design with the Cubes in Space program. The curriculum and support are awesome!"

Cheryl McClure, International School, Bellevue, Washington

"Not only does Cubes in Space continue to provide an outstanding STEAM program that is like no other, but the fact that they have pivoted so successfully during pandemic challenges is a testimony to their professionalism and dedication towards keeping students highly engaged with the magic of science."

Margot Solberg, Academia Cotopaxi, Ecuador

"The Cubes experience has been rewarding in that it allows for strengths and weaknesses to be identified and to help students find a way to build self confidence needed for real world challenges."

Dale Dycus, Parent, Wisconsin

"Cubes in Space opened a door full of opportunities for my students. One in which they can explore, investigate, experiment, and challenge themselves in a possible and realistic way. Space is closer than ever thanks to CiS!"

Aymette Medina, Navigator Academy, Florida

MORE OPPORTUNITIES

Engineering will be demystified when students learn to build and test flight hardware and write simple software code to collect environmental data. Throughout this course, students gain an authentic learning experience to discover how engineering skills and design principles enable scientific space exploration and research. Educators facilitate and guide students as they gain technology development knowledge and skills using new content modules developed and ION+ Kits

Coming Soon

Every space mission has a patch that communicates the goals of the mission or program. And Cubes in Space is no different! Students use their imagination, creativity and science communication skills to design a patch for the SR-8 and/or RB-7 missions. We turn the winning designs into high quality decals, fly them on the missions, and give students their patch that flew in space!

Coming Soon

Regretfully, in light of growing COVID concerns and for everyone’s safety, we have decided to cancel Rocketfest 2022.
We are sorry for the bad news but public safety is very important to CiS.

Learn directly from the Founder of Cubes in Space! This 9-week course introduces students to aerospace science and engineering design processes essential for conducting research and designing experiments to fly on a real NASA mission to space in the summer of 2022. By the end of the course, students will design their experiment and complete their Application for Spaceflight.

Learn More

Want to learn about the Cubes in Space program and how to deliver it to your students? Then join us for a 2.5-hour live virtual workshop held twice monthly until the program registration closes. This workshops provides an overview of the program, curriculum and teaching resources, a seminar on the launch and flight conditions, and ends with a hearty Q&A session.

Learn More

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

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

Big Science in Little Cubes

Since Cubes in Space began in 2014, we have flown over 1,000 experiments representing 2,300+ educators and 22,000 students from 75 countries!

Cubes in Space is offered in collaboration with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Wallops Flight Facility, NASA's Langley Research Center and the Colorado Space Grant Consortium.

Program Registration Closes

For a list of important dates visit the Timeline

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 are launched on NASA suborbital flights.

Sounding Rocket

80 experiments launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility June 2022

Scientific Balloon

120 experiments launched from NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility Late summer 2022

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE

1. Register

2. Log In

3. Get Started

4. Facilitate

5. Apply for Flight

6. Application Review

7. Notification

8. Cubes Shipped

9. Build Experiment

10. Launch!

11. Cubes Returned

12. Analysis & Report