Small, lightweight satellites called CubeSats are giving students of all ages the chance to build and launch a real satellite. The first-ever satellite built by grade school students is aboard the International Space Station and will be released into orbit as early as next week. Graduate students at the University of Colorado also have a CubeSat ready for release from the ISS, and recently won a grant from NASA to design a satellite that could operate beyond the moon. Doug Duncan, director of the Fiske Planetarium in Boulder, spoke about CubeSats with Colorado Matters' host Ryan Warner.
