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SPST Group Attends NASA EVA Exploration Workshop

Categories: Space Studies

A group of three from Space Studies attended the recent NASA EVA Exploration Workshop held at Space Center Houston.  Dr. Pablo de León, and students Will Green and James Stoffel attended the conference held February 18-20, 2020. They are pictured with a NASA Artemis spacesuit.

Kavya Manyapu, PhD ’17, named to Georgia State University’s 40 under 40 Honorees

Categories: Space Studies

The Georgia State University Alumni Association has named the honorees in its 2020 class of distinguished alumni under the age of 40. Started in 2018, the 40 Under 40 program recognizes and honors the most influential and innovative graduates who embody the values of Georgia State. “There are remarkable doers, creators, innovators, leaders and entrepreneurs — individuals […]

Colloquium Series on Feb. 24th to Feature Columbia Payload Specialist Dr. Lawrence DeLucas

Categories: Space Studies

The Space Studies Spring 2020 Colloquium Series will feature several leading experts in various space-related fields.  Please join us for our third presentation in this series that will feature former Space Shuttle Columbia Payload Specialist, Dr. Lawrence DeLucas, who is currently working as a Principal Scientist at The Aerospace Corporation. Presentation Title:  “Human Factors and Physiological […]

‘Eyes light up’ at third annual Aerospace Community Day

Categories: Atmospheric Sciences, Aviation, Earth System Science & Policy, Home Page News, Space Studies

Thousands venture through halls of UND Aerospace and get first-hand experience with nation’s leading flight school Eight-year-old Andrew Cassanelli controlled a virtual airfield with the help of Hannah Park, an air traffic management major, at Saturday’s Aerospace Community Day. Photo by Connor Murphy/UND Today. With a headset equipped, Andrew Cassanelli felt like he was the […]

Grad Students Present at NASA KSC Lunch & Learn

Categories: Home Page News, Space Studies

Dr. Pablo de León and his grad students, Stefan Tomović and Jennifer Russell, gave a presentation at the NASA Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, February 11th as part of their Lunch and Learn Series. Planetary Analogs and Plants Research in North Dakota The University of North Dakota developed a planetary analog to simulate human missions […]

Colloquium Series Continues with Planetary Scientist on February 10th

Categories: Space Studies

The Space Studies Spring 2020 Colloquium Series will feature several leading experts in various space-related fields.  Please join us for our second presentation in this series that will feature planetary scientist Michael P. Lucas of the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Presentation Title:  “Surface Composition and Thermal Evolution of […]

Space Studies Colloquium Series Begins on January 27th

Categories: Space Studies

The Space Studies Spring 2020 Colloquium Series will feature several leading experts in various space-related fields.  Please join us for our first presentation in this series that will feature two systems engineers from the USGS Earth Resources Observations and Science (EROS) Center, Jon Christopherson and Shankar Nag Ramaseri Chandra. Both are also alums of the […]

Leader of newly formed Space Force visits UND

Categories: Aviation, Space Studies

Gen. John Raymond made his first public visit since the formation of the U.S. Space Force at the invitation of Sen. Kevin Cramer Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond (center) took part in a brief walking tour of UND Aerospace’s facilities during his time on campus with Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. (left). Photo by Connor Murphy/UND […]

Blue Origin rocket takes UND students’ experiment into space

Categories: Space Studies

Knowledge gained about bioluminescence in microgravity will complement ongoing research Blue Origin’s rocket, named “New Shepard” for astronaut Alan Shepard, launched Dec. 11 in Texas. The suborbital, reusable rocket is designed to send payloads past the boundary of space. UND Space Studies students sent a payload up with the latest launch. Image courtesy of Blue […]