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From 2017 to 2020, students from five different countries traveled to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ to engage in an ambitious undertaking: to design and build a miniature satellite. Watch the
Research Professor Delores Knipp is interviewed in a new article in the MIT Technology Review about the recent failure of up to 40 satellites launched by SpaceX. The satellites launched with no problems, but trouble struck the following day. The
ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Smead Aerospace Entrepreneur-in-Residence Mark Sirangelo has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). AIAA confers the distinction of Fellow in recognition of notable and
Alessandro Verniani has earned a 2022 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship. An aerospace master's student, Verniani will receive a paid internships and executive mentorship through...
Two ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ students have earned 2022 Brooke Owens Fellowships. The highly competitive program provides paid internships and mentoring to exceptional undergraduate women seeking careers in aviation or space exploration.
This month, Kacie Davis got a rare treat for a fan of all things outer space. The 2020 CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ alumna was one of the first people on Earth to watch as new data streamed from an object called SMC X-1—a type of pulsar, or the collapsed
Hisham Ali joined Smead Aerospace full time as a new assistant professor in January 2022. Prior appointments include being a member of technical staff at the Aerospace Corporation in the Astrodynamics Department, Colorado Springs and a
Professor Jeff Thayer is part of a major new NASA science mission to better understand our sun’s influence on generating space weather. Thayer is one of three interdisciplinary scientists chosen by NASA for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC)
Professor Iain Boyd discusses hypersonic technology in a new article with the Israeli newspaper Hamodia. The piece focuses on recent Chinese hypersonic tests and efforts in the U.S. on hypersonic missiles and countermeasures. Read the full story...
Dr. Mark T. Esper, former U.S. Secretary of Defense, shared insights from his life and career in a special webinar with the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. Esper took part in a