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The fall semester Brown Bag Seminar Series features graduate students providing presentations on their current research and recent internships.  This series continues on Wednesday, November 4th, featuring grad student Brittany Zimmerman presenting “Development of Optimized Life Support Structure for Long-Duration Exploratory Space Missions”. This series of presentations will be held in the Space Studies Library […]

Dakota Space Society members and Space Studies faculty and staff delighted UND Homecoming parade watchers with the lunar rover roaming the streets of Grand Forks on October 10th.

Have you ever seen a total solar eclipse?  On August 21, 2017, an eclipse will be visible across the United States, and NASA Space Grant Consortia across the country are planning to launch high altitude balloons to capture this event from 100,000 feet. We want your ideas on how to best represent both science and […]

Space Studies master’s student, Joseph Jessup, will defend his thesis as follows.  All Space Studies students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.  Please show your support! When:  Thursday, November 5th at 4:00 p.m. (Central) Where:  Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title: HYBRID ENHANCED EPIDERMAL (HEE) SPACESUIT DESIGN APPROACHES About the topic: A space suit that does […]

The Department of Space Studies again will host one of its popular Star Parties starting Friday evening (October 16th) at the new Space Studies Observatory site near Emerado, N.D. Start time will be approximately 9:00 p.m.   Directions to the site are attached; and also are available here: http://observatory.space.edu/facilities/ObsDirections.aspx   Come join the stellar fun […]

Kavya Manyapu (Aerospace Science Ph.D candidate) recently attended and presented research at the 66th International Astronautical Congress held in Jerusalem, Israel.  Her research, in collaboration with Dr. Pablo de Leon, was entitled “Feasibility of Multi-Technology Integration Strategy for Dust Mitigation of Planetary Spacesuits.”  She was awarded the “Best Interactive Presentation Award” by the International Astronautical […]

The fall semester Brown Bag Seminar Series features graduate students providing presentations on their current research and recent internships.  This series continues on Wednesday, October 21st, featuring grad student Chris Follette presenting “Open Source Balloon Tracking and the Development of a Robotic Rover to Assist Human Planetary Exploration”. This series of presentations will be held […]

The fall semester Brown Bag Seminar Series features graduate students providing presentations on their current research and recent internships.  This series continues on Wednesday, October 7th, featuring grad student Sean McCloat presenting “Engaging the Aurorasaurus Citizen Science Project: From Space Weather to Social Media”. This series of presentations will be held in the Space Studies […]

Lyle Palm (M.S. 2012) received a national welding award for his work at Workshops for Warriors, a San Diego-based nonprofit that assists veterans gain new skills and employment as they make the transition into civilian life. Read the entire Grand Forks Herald article here.

The fall semester Brown Bag Seminar Series features graduate students providing presentations on their current research and recent internships. This series continues on Wednesday, September 30th, featuring grad student Lindsay Anderson presenting “Lunar Sampling: Tools and Storage Utilized for Apollo Lunar Samples”. This series of presentations will be held in the Space Studies Library at […]