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NASA Announces Winners of Inaugural Human Lander Challenge

Posted on July 1, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

On June 27, 2024, NASA announced the University of Michigan team to be the winner of the inaugural Human Lander Challenge, a challenge designed to provide solutions for landing humans on the moon. NASA’s 2024 Human Lander Challenge (HuLC) Forum brought 12 university teams from across the United States to Huntsville, Alabama, near the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center, to showcase their innovative concepts for addressing the complex issue of managing lunar dust.

NASA Selects Participating Scientists to Join ESA’s Hera Mission

Posted on June 26, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

A scientist from the University of Michigan’s Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering is among the dozen selected by NASA for the Hera mission, an ESA planetary defense mission slated to launch later this year.

Materials and Manufacturing for Extreme Environments Workshop Hosted by Michigan Engineering

Posted on June 11, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The Material and Manufacturing for Extreme Environments Initiative is setting out to inspire discoveries of novel materials for the extreme environment of hypersonic flight. With this, the team plans to rapidly transition those needs to fill applications at relevant scales through advanced manufacturing methods.

U-M Part of Consortium to Design, Construct Powerful New Instrument to Unlock Universe’s Secrets

Posted on June 5, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The University of Michigan Department of Astronomy is part of an international consortium of institutions that will take part in the design and construction of ANDES, a powerful instrument set to be used on the largest visible-infrared telescope in the world. The instrument will reveal the nature of atmospheres of planets around nearby stars, rare elements forged in the interiors of stars, the formation of galaxies and even the evolution of the universe itself, according to University of Michigan astronomer Michael Meyer.

Michigan Geospace Model Leads to Accurate Warnings Before Historic Geomagnetic Storm

Posted on May 28, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The Geospace model is a specific configuration of the University of Michigan’s Space Weather Modeling Framework, and was key in the creation of warnings and alerts before the historic G5 Storm that brought Aurora to every state in the U.S.

SPRL Moves New SPICES Instrument Closer to Realization

Posted on April 25, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

In an effort to demystify the chemical make-up of the solar wind, the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) has developed an instrument capable of accelerating particles faster than ever before onboard a spacecraft, improving their identification.

Seeing the Sun in a New Light

Posted on April 2, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

For University of Michigan researchers who have dedicated their careers to building a better understanding of the sun, the eclipse holds a different allure: the chance to gather scientific data that’s normally overshadowed by the sun’s blinding light in the visible spectrum and the constant buzz of radio noise at longer electromagnetic wavelengths.