The first international mission in UND’s Inflatable Mars/Lunar Habitat (IMLH) was launched on October 2nd when four students from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru entered the facility to spend two weeks running experiments to help NASA with exploring the moon […]
Space Studies Master’s student, Steven Newcomb, will present his thesis proposal as follows. When: Thursday, October 17th at 9:00 a.m. (Central DST) Where: Clifford Hall, Room 521 – Space Studies Conference Room Title: “Photometric and Astrometric Analysis of Near-Earth Objects” About the topic: The proposed research focuses on astrometric […]
A feature article highlighting three Space Studies MS students’ summer internships made news on the NASA Johnson Space Center homepage recently. Check out the full article here.
Through a partnership of PBS’ SciGirls program and NASA, the ND Space Grant Consortium has participated in a live downlink from the International Space Station, with astronaut Christina Koch on August 19th. Twenty middle school girls from the Grand Forks […]
Several samples of material prototypes from the UND Aerospace Sciences Ph.D. research work done by Dr. Kavya Manyapu were recently on display at the “Wired to Wear” exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) in Chicago, IL, as […]
Dr. Pablo de León was invited to join a panel on the BBC “The Real Story” program to discuss the future of the space program on a recent episode. “Fifty years after the historic moon landing, is the world entering […]
“Chasing the Moon,” a film by Robert Stone, re-imagines the race to the moon for a new generation, upending much of the conventional mythology surrounding the effort. The series recasts the Space Age as a fascinating stew of scientific innovation, […]
Several students and Professor Michael Dodge enjoyed a SpSt 581 Field Visit to Space Centers field trip to the East Coast. They visited ILC Dover, NOAA, NASA HQ, Wallops Flight Facility, Goddard Space Flight Center and the Smithsonian National Air […]
Brad Hoffman, a current student in the Space Studies M.S. program, presented research during the poster session at the International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES) held at Boston, MA, from July 7-11. His research was titled “Rover Localization and Analog […]
Space Studies Master’s student, Mike Cook, will defend his thesis as follows. When: Friday, July 12th at NOON (Central DST) Where: Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title: “Formalizing Citizen Science: Creating A New Paradigm In Space Weather Policy” About the topic: This study aimed to highlight the unifying principles of […]