Thomas Zuburchen, NASA gives the keynote address Aug. 6 at the Small Satellite Conference at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. (Keith Johnson for SpaceNews)

LOGAN, Utah — NASA is responding to the growing interest in, and capabilities of, small satellites for science applications with an initiative that will spend $100 million a year on a series of projects.

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Jeff Foust writes about space policy, commercial space, and related topics for SpaceNews. He earned a Ph.D. in planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a bachelor’s degree with honors in geophysics and planetary science...