News and information from the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.
North Dakota NASA EPSCoR (Established Program to Simulate Competitive Research) is soliciting research proposals from faculty at affiliate institutions for Research Seed Grant funding to conduct NASA relevant research designed to promote and expand particular NASA research sub disciplines in North Dakota. The purpose of the ND NASA EPSCoR Research Seed Grant program is to […]
The Space Studies Spring 2021 Colloquium Series features several leading experts in various space-related fields. Please join us for our next remotely offered presentation in this series as outlined below. This presentation will feature Dr. Paul A. Abell, Chief Scientist for Small Body Exploration at NASA Johnson Space Center. Presentation Title: “Near-Earth Objects as Possible Destinations […]
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Dr. Louis Carfagno recently participated in the Space Studies Colloquium Series. An extensive interview by UND Today is found here.
The NDSGC met with Minot State University students and led a pre-service teacher workshop in February of 2021. We conducted two virtual hands-on activities and introduced the various NASA- and ND-based educator opportunities. Activities from the session Pocket Solar System NASA GLOBE citizen science app Here are some helpful links: The Google Slides presentation can […]
Organic-layered asteroids could bear fruit – or wheat, or other crops – for future space exploration, UND researcher Dr. Sherry Fieber-Beyer says. Check it out here
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Chris Fabian, a 2019 Space Studies M.S. alum, had had an article based on his M.S. thesis research published in the inaugural issue of the Space Force Journal. Check out the article here. Failure to recognize the effects of unmotivated biases and the unwillingness to correct cultural misunderstandings amplify a structural security dilemma and create crisis […]
Lori Waters, current SPST M.S. student, has been accepted to the position of Crew Operations Officer for the HI-SEAS Selene IV Moon analog mission from March 13 to March 27, 2021. During this mission at HI-SEAS, she will be conducting plant research as part of the ground trials for the ExoLab-8 mission, which launches to the […]
The Space Studies Spring 2021 Colloquium Series features several leading experts in various space-related fields. Please join us for our next remotely offered presentation in this series as outlined below. This presentation will feature Dr. Louis Carfagno, Former Air Force Life Support Systems Engineer, and Spacesuit Engineer working for United Space Alliance supporting the Space […]
Check out the UND Today article here.
North Dakota NASA EPSCoR (Established Program to Simulate Competitive Research) is soliciting research pre-proposals from faculty at affiliate institutions. These pre-proposals are in response to the recent NASA EPSCoR CAN (Cooperative Agreement Notice), Announcement Number: NNH21ZHA004C. Eligibility: Faculty PI must be from an ND NASA EPSCoR affiliate institution. Research must be in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or mathematics) and demonstrate alignment […]