Missions

Your spacecraft. Your mission.

Every mission gives you a spacecraft problem to solve. Test an idea, run the mission, read the results and make an engineering decision.

Start with these

Five missions to start with.

Stop the spin

Your spacecraft is tumbling. Stabilise it.

Grades 6–12 · University

Survive the shadow

Keep the spacecraft alive through eclipse.

Grades 6–12 · University

Trust the telemetry

Can you trust what the spacecraft is telling you?

Grades 6–12 · University

Find the failure

The payload worked. Why did almost no data arrive?

Grades 6–12 · University

Get the picture home

A sharper camera takes better pictures. Does it get more of them home?

Grades 6–12 · University

Full catalogue

All thirteen missions.

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Engineer

Open the same mission at university depth with provenance and V&V prompts.

MLX-01

Pilot lesson

Mission systems

Deployment to first contact

Which step is holding the mission back?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-02

Pilot lesson

Sensors & estimation

Truth and measurement

Can you trust what the spacecraft tells you?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-03

Pilot lesson

Power & thermal

Power through the shadow

Which spacecraft survives eclipse in better shape?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-04

Pilot lesson

Attitude control

Commanding attitude

What does better pointing accuracy cost?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-05

Pilot lesson

Feedback & control

Stabilising the spin

Which damping strategy actually stops the tumble?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-06/07

Pilot lesson

Orbit & communications

Orbit pass and link

When is a satellite in view—and what does that prove?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-08

Pilot lesson

Payload & data

Planning the observation

Does a sharper camera get more useful data home?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-09

Pilot lesson

Thermal engineering

Surviving the environment

Why does one spacecraft run hotter?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-10

Pilot lesson

Configuration & budgets

Configuring the spacecraft

Which design closes every declared budget?

Grades 9–12 · University

MLX-11

Pilot lesson

Mission operations

Diagnosing the mission

The payload worked. Why did almost no data arrive?

Grades 6–12 · University

MLX-13

Pilot lesson

Autonomy & recovery

Writing a safe policy

What rule should have existed before the fault?

Grades 11–12 · University

MLX-14

Pilot lesson

Verification & validation

Proving it against evidence

Does a short-run conclusion survive a longer test?

Grades 9–12 · University

MLX-15

Pilot lesson

Attitude & power

Sunlight to energy

Does pointing change how much energy the spacecraft collects?

Grades 6–12 · University

All mission outputs shown in software are simulated, derived or reference evidence as labelled in MissionLab. They are not measured spacecraft results. MLX-12 is mapped academically but is not exposed as a runnable mission because the current runtime does not support its premise.