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The Spring 2015 Space Studies Colloquium Series will focus on the NASA Discovery Program–the development of a planetary science mission– and will feature several leading experts in the field.   The third presentation in this series will feature  Dr. W. Bruce Banerdt – Principal Investigator, InSight Mission to Mars 321-B60, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA […]

Space Studies alum, Tiffany Swarmer (M.S. 2014), was featured in the recent issue of Alumni Review.  See the article here.  

Space Studies master’s student, Travis Nelson, will defend his thesis as follows.  All Space Studies students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend.  Please show your support! When:  Monday, March 23rd at 8:30am (Central time) Where:  Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title: 30 Day Lunar/Martian Planetary Habitation Analog: An Assessment of Crew Stress, Anxiety, and Performance About […]

Space Studies Master’s student, Charles (Greg) Simpson, will defend his thesis as follows.  Please show your support by attending. When: Friday, March 27 at 8:30 a.m. (Central time) Where: Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title: Assessment of National Security Space Management and Organization About the Topic:  Analyzes the results of the Report of the Commission to Assess the […]

The Spring 2015 Space Studies Colloquium Series will focus on the NASA Discovery Program–the development of a planetary science mission– and will feature several leading experts in the field. The second presentation in this series will feature Dr. Kevin McGouldrick, Research Scientist, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder. Topic:  “The Clouds […]

Space Studies master’s student, Jerra Turner, will give her thesis proposal presentation as follows.  All Space Studies students, faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. When:  Friday, March 13th at 8:30 a.m. Where:  Ryan Hall, Room 111 Title: How SpaceX is Fundamentally Changing American Spacelift Policy About the topic: Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is revolutionizing the space launch […]

A big welcome goes to Pam Nielsen, our new part-time office assistant. Pam started on January 5th and is already well trained in the daily office duties. She may have already greeted you if you’ve called the department recently. Pam comes to us with 15 years of office experience specializing in word processing, data entry […]

February 25, 2015 Dr. Robert Kelley President University of North Dakota After what will be 16 ½ years as the Dean of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences, I have decided to retire effective June 30, 2016. I know this is somewhat early to make this announcement, but it is made in consideration […]

The Spring 2015 Space Studies Colloquium Series will focus on the NASA Discovery Program–the development of a planetary science mission– and will feature several leading experts in the field. The first presentation in this series will feature Dr. Nicolle Zellner, Associate Professor, from Albion College in Albion, Michigan. Topic:  “Impacts in the Earth-Moon System – […]