These chip-sized spacecraft are the smallest space probes yet
Prototypes ride on satellites in low Earth orbit to test how their circuitry fares in space

THE ITSY-BITSY SPACECRAFT Prototypes of tiny spacecraft called Sprites are being tested in low Earth orbit. Similarly tiny probes may someday fly to Alpha Centauri.
Zac Manchester
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