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Min Han and Arthur Nozik, both in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Kristine Larson in the College of Engineering and Applied Science have been named members of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The academy, founded in
University of Colorado Boulder researchers are working to keep America’s armed forces safe in space with a new research grant. Casey Heidrich is leading an Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant to develop a...
Dr. Natasha Bosanac has earned a 2024 Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Young Investigator Program award to advance the study of spacecraft trajectories in cislunar space – the region around the Earth and the Moon. The $450,000, three-
Alex Meyer is an astrodynamics expert, engineer, PhD student, and now, a part of the night sky. The International Astronomical Union has officially named an asteroid after him. Asteroid 2000 ND17 is now...
Space News is highlighting a potential new mission for the mothballed Janus spacecrafts. Dan Scheeres, a distinguished professor of aerospace at the University of Colorado Boulder, was principal investigator on the Janus mission. Designed and built
Delores Knipp was interviewed by the Washington Post for a new article on the sun entering its most active period in two decades. Knipp, a research professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is an expert on
Hanspeter Schaub is being recognized by the American Astronautical Society. AAS is honoring Schaub as the 2024 Dirk Brouwer Award for "transformational work in the emerging field of charged spacecraft formation flight and control and for
Delores Knipp was interviewed for a feature article in the Washington Post. Knipp, a research professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is an expert on solar wind-geospace coupling and space weather and
This year, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) celebrates its 75th anniversary—marking 75 years of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú´«Ã½ÎÄ»¯×÷Ʒ’s exploration of space, from the fringes of Earth’s atmosphere to the wide expanse of interstellar space. The
The space economy is booming, and the University of Colorado Boulder is at the forefront of a major federal funding initiative aimed at expanding...