On Thursday, June 8, NASA announced the three winning teams of the semi-final round of the space agency’s Cube Quest Challenge, the teams are: Cislunar Explorers; CU-E3; and Team Miles. In addition to winning $20,000 each in prize money, each have also secured spots to launch their spacecraft on Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1) – the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) with the Orion spacecraft. The CubeSats will be placed in the Orion Stage Adapter, the ring that connects the spacecraft to the SLS rocket, and deployed after Orion separates from SLS and begins its journey into deep space. The adapter is capable of carrying a total of 13 CubeSats. Once deployed, they will compete in deep space for a share of a $5 million prize in the final stage of the Cube Quest Challenge. More: go.nasa.gov/2sxWqnj Pictured here, a set of NanoRacks CubeSats is photographed by an ISS Expedition 38 crew member after the deployment by the NanoRacks Launcher attached to the end of the Ja...