NASA BurstCube

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NASA’s BurstCube Passes Milestones on Journey to Launch

“Even a satellite as tiny as BurstCube requires extensive verification before it can go to space,” said Goddard’s Lucia Tian, the mission’s science instrument lead. “We characterized its magnetic field, tested it at extreme temperatures, and recreated the shaking it will experience at launch – just to name a few assessments.” BurstCube will search the sky for short gamma-ray bursts, brief…