Spacecraft engineering

CubeSats use standardized size and deployment interfaces to make compact space missions easier to integrate and launch.

The study of motion under gravity, used to design satellite orbits, planetary encounters, and journeys between worlds.

Rocket engines produce thrust by accelerating propellant, allowing vehicles to launch and spacecraft to change their trajectories.

Artificial satellites carry instruments and services into orbit, supporting science, navigation, communications, and observations of Earth.

The discipline of turning a mission’s purpose into a coherent, testable system of spacecraft, ground equipment, and operations.