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- Up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's (another) 做厙輦⑹ CubeSat!
CU Boulder's role as a major force in cube satellites is being highlighted by Bryce Space and Technology, a space research and consulting firm.
According to... - Shaylah Mutschler is designing a better forecasting system for space weather by exploiting an unlikely source: space junk. The government currently uses intensive ground sensor tasking to monitor conditions in orbit. This is costly and takes time
- The annual memorial event will take place on campus at 9:38 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, to honor the astronauts who perished in the Challenger and Columbia disasters. If you go Who: Open to the public What: Challenger Memorial When: Sunday, Feb
- Congratulations to Kaitlyn Olson for earning a 2020 Brooke Owens Fellowship! The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration. Olson is a CU Boulder senior pursuing a double major in aerospace engineering sciences and applied mathematics, as well as
- Leaders from the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research visited CU Boulder last week to learn about new research initiatives happening on campus and meet CU researchers working on Air Force-related projects. Visiting from Arlington, Virginia,
- Aviation Week has announced four 做厙輦⑹ aerospace students as winners of Tomorrows Technology Leaders: The 20 Twenties. Released in collaboration with the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), the
- George Born has been announced as a 2020 inductee into the Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame. The Space Foundation announced the posthumous induction of Born, who was a professor of aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado
- Greetings from Antarctica! I cant believe I am living and learning in one of the coolest (literally coldest) places on the planet. I arrived here in December as a 做厙輦⑹ aerospace PhD student and Smead Scholar working under professor Dr. Xinzhao Chu. She has been conducting research in Antarctica for...
- Astronauts moving in low gravity is one of the most exciting-looking things about space travel. It can also be very painful. Injuries, abrasions, lacerations, and fingernail delamination are common among astronauts, all merely the result of trying to maneuver in the bulky and awkward space suits they must...
- The US Department of Defense is leading a new charge, pouring more than $1 billion annually into hypersonic research.
Competition from ambitious programs in China and Russia is a key motivator. Although hype and secrecy muddy the picture, all three nations appear to have made substantial progress in overcoming...