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UND Aerospace earns FAA’s top ranking in safety (University Newsletter 04/14/16)

Categories: Aviation

The John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences has received notification from the Federal Aviation Administration acknowledging UND as having an accepted Safety Management System (SMS). In a letter dated March 9, 2016, the FAA stated, “The Federal Aviation Administration congratulates UND on this significant accomplishment in implementing a fully functional SMS in accordance with […]

Kennedy Space Center hosts tests of planetary spacesuit (James Dean – Florida Today, 12/28/15

Categories: Space Studies

Research scientists from the University of North Dakota are testing prototype space suit at Kennedy Space Center. Video by Malcolm Denemark Test engineers monitor graduate researcher Travis Nelson as he tests the NDX-1 prototype suit. The University of North Dakota and the Swamp Works at KSC are testing a prototype space suit in the regolith […]

UND Cloud One Research Aircraft Returns to Grand Forks (UND Research Newsletter, 08/21/15)

Categories: Atmospheric Sciences

The UND Citation II Research Aircraft, dubbed UND Cloud One, returned to Grand Forks earlier this week after a two week mission over the skies of Florida. “We studied thunderstorm anvils, sampling the clouds up to an altitude of 40,000 ft,” said David Delene, associate research professor and principal investigator on this mission. The storm […]

Team deploys unmanned aircraft at public airport (UND Newsletter – 8/11/15: Jan Orvik)

Categories: Aviation

The University has successfully deployed an unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Lakota, N.D., airport. This was the first time UND  has conducted UAS operations from a public general aviation airport. The flight test was conducted in connection with North Dakota’s Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site (NP UAS TS), designated as such by […]

Gregory man among SD’s few with commercial drone approval (M. Klarenbeek, Alum): Mitchell Republic Newspaper (Marcus Traxler, Writer 07/08/15)

Categories: Aviation

That’s been the case since he was 14 when he had his first discovery flight. When he was 17 years old, he became a licensed pilot. He even likes to fly when he stays on the ground, and now he’s a pioneering his own path again as one of the few commercially licensed drone operators […]