Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)
The shoebox-size CU Earth Escape Explorer (CU-E3) is being assembled by the University of Colorado, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, Aerospace Engineering Science Graduate Projects Class. CU-E3 is designed for a communications technology demonstration mission, slated to
CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's QB50 CubeSat, named "Challenger," was successfully deployed from the International Space Station last night at 11:25 PM MDT.</p><p>The release coming just over a month after the satellite was launched from Cape Canveral to the ISS. Challenger is a nano-satellite, about the size of a loaf of bread, and was designed and built by students working under the direction of aerospace faculty.
A heads-up for commercial air crews and other frequent fliers: The risk of exposure to radiation particles screaming Earthward from space may increase a bit in the next few years as the activity of our sun decreases, says a CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ professor.
Congratulations to research professor Delores Knipp, who has been selected to give the 2017 CEDAR Prize Lecture. Knipp is receiving the honor for her space weather research “unraveling the physical connection between shock-led interplanetary coronal
Members of the Challenger team with the microsatellite before it left CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. A ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ student-built microsatellite is on its way to the International Space Station. The satellite, named ‘Challenger’, had a successful
Congratulations to CU ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ aerospace professor Kristine Larson for being awarded an honorary doctorate from the Chalmers University of Technology! Located in Gothenburg, Sweden, Chalmers is known for its engineering education and research
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected Distinguished Professor Daniel J. Scheeres, an aerospace engineer at the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ, to its 2017 class. Election to the NAE is among the highest professional distinctions
The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) has named ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ aerospace professor Hanspeter Schaub as editor-in-chief of AIAA’s Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. “Hanspeter Schaub is an outstanding scholar