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U-M Hosts NASA PI Launchpad Workshop

Posted on June 12, 2023 (October 16, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

The NASA Science Mission Directorate, the Heising-Simons Foundation, and a group of mission experts have teamed up to make the mission development process more transparent and accessible to researchers, by offering the NASA PI Launchpad workshop.

An Eye on the Sky: U-M Astronomy Contributes Instrumentation to Extremely Large Telescope

Posted on May 1, 2023 (February 28, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

Extremely Large telescope model and researchers

The Extremely Large Telescope could change everything we know about the Universe—including how the first galaxies were created and where life on other planets may exist. And U-M is the only U.S. university involved in helping develop it.

Tracking Ocean Microplastics from Space

Posted on February 8, 2023 (June 28, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

New information about an emerging technique that could track microplastics from space has been uncovered by researchers at the University of Michigan. It turns out that satellites are best at spotting soapy or oily residue, and microplastics appear to tag along with that residue.

NEMISIS Investigation Selected for NASA GDC Mission

Posted on January 30, 2023 (October 17, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

In January, NASA selected the final investigations for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) Mission. The two investigations for the flagship mission include the Thermal Plasma Sensor and NEMISIS (Near Earth Magnetometer Instrument in a Small Integrated System), led by University of Michigan Prof. Mark Moldwin.

New Laboratory To Support Research and Mission Planning

Posted on January 10, 2023 (June 28, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

A new laboratory is coming to the U-M Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, slated to be completed by 2024. Named the Leinweber Space Innovation Laboratory, the lab will support space research, mission planning and learning.

New from JWST: An Exoplanet Atmosphere as Never Seen Before

Posted on November 22, 2022 (June 28, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

NASA’s JWST has scored another first in its release of stunning images: a molecular and chemical portrait of a distant world’s skies.

Student-led Cubesat Project Being Deployed from the International Space Station

Posted on November 16, 2022 (June 28, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

An upcoming SpaceX Falcon 9 resupply mission to the International Space Station will carry more than Tang for the astronauts. The November launch also carries a cubesat created by University of Michigan Master’s students.

Pursuing Passion-based Electives During Medical School

Posted on November 9, 2022 (July 25, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

Three former and current medical students discuss the unique courses they helped develop for their peers and future generations of physicians-in-training.

U-M Alumnae Aisha Bowe Goes to Space

Posted on November 4, 2022 (October 17, 2023) by U-M Space Institute

Aisha Bowe will make history when she boards an upcoming Blue Origin flight that will cross the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. She will be the first female U-M alum and sixth Black woman to do so.

U-M BLiSS Teams Win Two NASA Projects

Posted on September 21, 2022 (July 25, 2024) by Melissa F. Priebe

Expanding the potential ways humans can operate in space, NASA and the National Space Grant Foundation have selected two University of Michigan student teams to develop advanced and innovative design ideas that could solve Artemis mission challenges.