Ireland gets serious about space science with the coming launch of its first CubeSat. The idea is to look for gamma ray bursts in a cheaper, more efficient manner.
NASA announced the end of the LunaH-Map satellite that was supposed to map ice at the south pole of the moon. While the mission missed its mark, a key instrument performed well.
Students from the University of Saskatchewan have sent their own satellite into space. The students involved worked for five years on their RADSAT-SK CubeSat.