John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

News and information from the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.

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Matthew Hillestad

Summer 2019 Fellowship: Atmospherium Research

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

Research Fellowship for the UND Aerospace Atmospherium Deadline: May 15, 2019 Respond to: msaad@space.edu The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota recently installed a new Atmospherium projector system (similar to a planetarium). The NDSGC is looking to fund one student to research the system’s online video tutorials, create […]

Watch Capstone and S3 Presentations Live

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

Please join us by watching the live webcast of the Capstone and Space Studies Symposium (S3)  student presentations on Wednesday and Thursday, May 8-9, per the schedule below.  You’ll find the link for access at http://s3.space.edu/ Wednesday, May 8th CAPSTONE SESSION 1 8:00-8:35 am     Presentation – Team 1 – E-ExTRA “Europa Expeditionary Team for Research […]

Register Now! NASA in the Classroom PD Workshop

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

We are happy to open up registration for the 2019 NASA in the Classroom Professional Development Workshop.     When: June 20-22, 2019 Where: UND Aerospace, Robin Hall room 148 What: 1 PD credit available for a hands-on NASA-themed workshop Limitations: Roster limited to 20 ND-based educators. This will be a first-come, first-served basis. If […]

RFA Application Period for 2019 Now Open!

Categories: ND NASA Space Grant Consortium

The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC) is now accepting applications for Research Focus Area Awards (RFAs). See the links here for more details.   What: Research Focus Area Proposals in NASA-relevant STEM areas Who: Faculty PIs from NDSGC affiliate institutions (UND and NDSU faculty can serve as co-PIs) Application Deadline: COB, 5/10/2019 Funding: Awards […]

Fabric from UND-developed Spacesuit to Spend a Year in Space

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

Pieces of fabric from the University of North Dakota-developed NDX-1 spacesuit was launched into space aboard a Northrup Grumman “NG CRS-11 Cygnus” Resupply Mission, on Wednesday, on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). The launch took place at the Wallops Flight Facility in Greenbelt, Md. Wallops is operated by the NASA Goddard Space […]

Research Experiment Launched into Space!

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

A small sample of the UND-developed NDX-1 spacesuit fabric was launched on board the NG CRS-11 Cygnus Resupply Mission on its way to the International Space Station.  The launch took place at the Wallops Flight Facility in Greenbelt, Maryland. Wallops is operated by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. NASA has selected five technologies for […]

ILMAH Mission VII to begin April 25th

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

Space Studies will launch Mission VII of the Inflatable Lunar/Mars Analog Habitat beginning Thursday, April 25th and running until May 7th. The three-member crew consists of Space Studies grad students Jared Peick and Peter Henson (Mission Specialists), and Stefan Tomovic (Mission Commander). This mission we will focus largely on Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), geology, microbiology, […]