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Marc Fusco, 2012 Space Studies alumnus, will be appearing on “The Space Show” with Dr. David Livingston on Sunday, April 28th live from 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm ET.  His discussion will feature the histories of Apollo and the Space Shuttle, which was the subject of his thesis work to earn his Master’s degree in […]

UND alumna, NASA researcher to star in Google-sponsored online science education forum about her polar research Oct. 17 University of North Dakota alumna and NASA researcher Christy Hansen will be featured live on the Internet as part of Earth Science Week (Oct. 14-20) on her own “Google Hideout” interactive Web forum  at noon CDT, Wednesday, […]

Jeff Cieszecki (SpSt MS ’04), a grade 7-12 teacher in Winnipeg and a graduate of the Space Studies Department at UND, was recently awarded a national Certificate of Excellence by the Prime Minister of Canada. Cieszecki was one of 17 teachers in Canada that were so honored by Stephen Harper at a recent ceremony in […]

Patrick Stoffel, Space Studies alum from 2009, had a letter published in a recent issue of Space News.   His letter titled  “What About Motives of Climate ‘Realists’?” begins on page 18 of the July 30th issue.

Deborah Dooley, Space Studies alum (2009), is one of the lucky people who will be temporarily transferred to Florida next year (2013) for the first unmanned test flight of the ORION multi-purpose crew vehicle. Dooley will be working assembly, test, and launch operations, affectionately known as “ATLO.”

Gordon Gartrelle, a December 2011 graduate from the Space Studies distance program, has the results of his thesis published in the current edition of the Minor Planet Bulletin. The article entitled, ‘Lightcurve Results for Eleven Asteroids’, describes the measurement of the synodic period of eleven asteroids seven of which had no previous measurement. A link to the […]

A Space Studies Alumni group has been created on LinkedIn by alum Joshua Nelson. http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4338732 Group is open to all past and present Space Studies students, alumni, faculty, and staff. Feel free to use this group to catch up with other alumni, post job opportunities, and for general discussion.

Deborah Dooley, Space Studies alum (2009) is one of the lucky people who will be temporarily transferred to Florida next year (2013) for the first unmanned test flight of the ORION multi-purpose crew vehicle.  Dooley will be working assembly, test, and launch operations, affectionately known as “ATLO”.   She considers this an opportunity of a life time […]

Lt. Col. William Burke Hare III, a U.S. Air Force space and missile operator and 1995 UND alumus, was recently inducted into the Space Camp Hall of Fame. Hare, who holds a master’s degree from UND’s Department of Space Studies, is chief of operations for the Flight Test Execution Directorate at the Missile Defense Agency […]

UND Space Studies alum inducted in the Space Camp Hall of Fame Lt. Col. William Burke Hare III, a US Air Force space and missile operator and 1995 University of North Dakota alum, was recently inducted into the Space Camp Hall of Fame. Hare, who holds a master’s degree from UND’s Department of Space Studies, […]