Visit the Space Telecommunications, Astronomy, and Radiation (STAR) Lab and check out its flight and prototype nanosatellite hardware. The STAR Lab is working on inexpensive student designed-and-built shoebox-sized satellites that measure climate temperature, clouds, and precipitation to assist our climatologists. You’ll also see backpack-sized satellites paired with mailbox-sized ground telescopes that can speedily and securely transfer large amounts of data using narrow laser beam links and MEMS micro-mirrors to steer the beams. The lab’s systems are destined for both earth and moon orbits.