Over the next few years, the NanoSat MO Framework underwent significant development and testing, with input from a wide range of stakeholders in the space industry and academia. The framework was designed to be modular and flexible, allowing space missions to easily customize it for their specific requirements. In 2017, the first version of the NanoSat MO Framework was released as open-source software, making it freely available to the space industry and academic community.

The NMF was first flown in space on-board of the European Space