Pursuing Passion-based Electives During Medical School
Three former and current medical students discuss the unique courses they helped develop for their peers and future generations of physicians-in-training.
Category: University of Michigan Space Institute
U-M Alumnae Aisha Bowe Goes to Space
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
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.
Matula Brings Career Experience to Spaceflight Course
From algae to astronauts, Matula’s NASA experience and research helps build space curriculum in the College of Engineering.
Studying Earth’s Defenses against Solar Storms
NASA undertakes a comprehensive look at a critical atmospheric buffer between Earth and the Sun, with work from University of Michigan researchers and alumni.
Science Team Meets to Discuss NASA’s CYGNSS Mission
The CYGNSS Science Team held its annual summer meeting at U-M's Climate and Space Research Building in August.
New Course Offered on Supporting Human Spaceflights
A fascinating new course on Supporting Human Spaceflights is now available to students in the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
U-M Student Group CLAWS Develops Tools to Help Astronauts Navigate Space
The University of Michigan Collaborative Lab for Advancing Work in Space (CLAWS), a multidisciplinary student group that designs and develops innovative applications for human space exploration, participated in the NASA SUITS Challenge this May at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The focus of this challenge was to develop an augmented reality (AR) system to Continue Reading »
The Astronaut’s Doctor: Michigan Alumna Realizes Her Dream at NASA
Natacha Chough (M.D. 2010) spent her childhood looking at the sky. There was something so inviting, so challenging about the immensity of space — and our place within it. She decided early on that she wanted to work at NASA.
During an undergraduate internship at NASA in 2000, Chough learned about aerospace medicine, a specialty Continue Reading »