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CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣơ’s moon shot

CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣơ’s moon shot

This year marked the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing and astronaut Neil Armstrong’s β€œgiant leap for mankind.” Across CU ΊωΒ«ΝήΚΣΖ΅, many researchers celebrated the occasion by asking: How can we go back?

Among them is Professor Jack Burns of the Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences. He’s leading a team that is exploring how astronauts might work side-by-side with robots to build infrastructure on the moon. β€œThis isn’t your grandfather’s Apollo program,” Burns said. 

Scientists in the Bioastronautics Program, meanwhile, are probing how people can stay healthy as they spend more time in space than ever beforeβ€”from designing new kinds of spacesuits to examining the effects of microgravity on bones.

β€œHumans are always wondering what’s beyond the horizon,” said Luis Zea, an assistant research professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences.

Principal investigators
Jack Burns; Luis Zea

Funding
NASA; Lockheed Martin

Collaboration + support
Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences; Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences; ATLAS Institute; Ball Aerospace