News and information from the UND John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences.
For the next 3 years, UND will be testing NASA’s waste-processing facility during Integrated Lunar/Mars Analog Habitat analog missions. Developed by NASA, this cutting-edge waste-processing module was attached to ILMAH in early May in time for ILMAH Mission XXVIII. This research will provide NASA with real-world operational results for a future lunar base waste collection […]
Dr. Pablo de León and Dr. Keith Crisman recently visited the construction site of the new Altru Sports Complex to observe the progress of the Neutral Buoyancy Facility (NBF). The new sports complex will include a specially designed deep-water section that will support UND Aerospace training and research activities in extravehicular activity (EVA) operations. Using […]
Space Studies’ next big adventure is one step closer to beginning. The final beam of the Neutral Buoyancy Space Operations Facility has been installed! Stakeholders were invited to sign the beam. Included here are Dr. Keith Crisman’s “Doc C” signature and Dr. de Leon’s, who signed via Bluetooth! The red shape is a Diver Down […]
Launching the Commissioning Phase of UND’s Ground Station On July 23rd, UND proudly welcomed three engineers from Added Value Solution (AVS) to begin commissioning the Odegard Ground Station, the future hub of the UND Space Operations Group (SOG) and a training ground for UND’s next generation of satellite operators. Weeks earlier, key components—including the Server […]
Categories: ROADS Mission, Space Studies
Get a closer look at the ROADS Mission and how its early phases have shaped the experience of UND’s students and faculty. First Contact for UND ROADS Mission Late last night, at approximately 00:06:00 UTC (7:06 PM for UND, 2:12 AM for AVS Spain Operators), first contact was successfully made with UND ROADS 1 & […]
Categories: ROADS Mission, Space Studies
UND ROADS Mission Achieves Historic Milestone with Dual CubeSats in Orbit Today marks a historic milestone for the UND ROADS Mission: both UND ROADS 1 and UND ROADS 2 have officially reached Low Earth Orbit (LEO) following their successful deployment aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 rideshare mission. The Space Operations Group (SOG) gathered […]
Categories: Space Studies
Dr. Pablo de León, Dr. Keith Crisman, and Dr. Jesse Rhoades were honored at Founders Day with the UND Award for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Research and Creative Activity. From the award presentation: “…By synthesizing Dr. de León’s vast experience in spacesuit design, Dr. Crisman’s skill in risk mitigation and human-in-the-loop testing, and Dr. Rhoades’ expertise […]
Categories: Space Studies
Aerospace Ph.D. candidate Rachel Jones is currently working in Antarctica for the U.S. Antarctica Program. Originally hired for the summer season at Black Island Base Station, Rachel was asked to stay at McMurdo Station for the winter season which ends in mid-October. She will be the senior communication tech in charge of McMurdo station communications […]
Categories: Space Studies
Dr. Crisman and Ph.D. student Rachel Jones represented Space Studies at the UND Major-Minor+Grad Fair held today at the Memorial Union.
Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies
After months of meticulous restoration, the Saturn 1B rocket engine is on campus! It is the first artifact from the Apollo program to arrive in North Dakota. Watch this page for an announcement about the grand reveal of its display! #spacestudies #UND #undaerospace