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  • A UAV mid-flight.
    Colorado's San Luis Valley has long been a hotbed for sightings of strange things in the sky, but this week it is not UFOs that are causing the buzz. Hundreds of drone flights have taken to the skies near Alamosa as part of what is billed as Flight
  • The building under construction.
    Major progress is being made in the construction of a dedicated aerospace building for the °µÍø½ûÇø. Work on the approximately 176,000 square-foot building has been underway since the fall. Once completed, the new building will
  • Luis Zea
    NASA's Space Biology Program has selected 15 grant proposals to award across three appendices released under the Research Opportunities and Space Biology (ROSBio) Omnibus. Thirteen of the awards will simulate microgravity on the ground to
  • The rocket launch.
    Two experiment payloads designed and built at CU Boulder are scheduled to blast off for the International Space Station in the early hours of June 29.  The payloads, which will launch on board the SpaceX Dragon capsule, will support the study
  • ASTRALiTe's 2-in-1 Topo-Bathy LiDAR.
    A LiDAR technology patented by the °µÍø½ûÇø made news this week when ASTRALiTe, the exclusive licensee of the technology, announced the achievement of a major milestone in enhancing its mapping capabilities
  • A fixed wing drone flying in a supercell.
    As a supercell thunderstorm loomed, Eric Frew, an associate professor of aerospace at the °µÍø½ûÇø, drove one of the vehicles in a three-vehicle convoy straight toward it. When Frew references "good" weather, he's talking about
  • A group of officials standing with the final beam.
    Construction of the new °µÍø½ûÇø aerospace engineering building is hitting a major milestone with the installation of the final steel beam. A formal topping-out ceremony was held Wednesday at the building site on campus. The
  • A mockup of the Dreamchaser at the construction site.
    From the steel skeleton of what will become the University of Colorado's new aerospace engineering building, what appears to be the front end of a spaceship is visible from the street.Construction on the 175,000-square-foot project at CU's East
  • A probe going through the atmosphere attached to a parachute.
    The °µÍø½ûÇø is proud to host the 15th International Planetary Probe Workshop (IPPW-2018) June 11-15, 2018.Short Course June 9-10, 2018 Small Satellites: An Emerging Paradigm for Bold Planetary Exploration 
  • Alan Sanchez
    Alan Sanchez thinks far ahead in time and far away in space.With one course to go for a joint bachelor’s-master’s degree in aerospace engineering, the CU Boulder student has set his sights on a career in spacecraft propulsion. Long-term, he’s ready
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