Lina Tran

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Dellingr's exterior is lined with solar panels. Slighty larger than a cereal box, Dellingr is a six-unit, or 6U, CubeSat -- indicating its volume is approximately six liters.

Mini Satellite Begins Environmental Testing

Slightly larger than a cereal box, Dellingr carries three novel payloads to perform experiments.

The largest chip in the family of ASICs is barely the size of a saltine cracker. These microchips have been radiation-hardened to withstand the harsh radiation environments in space.

Tiny Microchips Enable Extreme Science

Without these chips, satellite electronics would be much heavier and require substantially more shielding and power.