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.
A U-M alumnus brings a piece of the space age to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
In an area best known for backwoods lifestyles, a space propulsion startup headed by a University of Michigan alumnus Lyon (Brad) King is thriving.
Read here the entire story!
Lyon (Brad) King pictured with the plasma thruster his company designed to move small satellites around in orbit. Photo credit: Michigan Photography.
Jamie Cutler: a pioneer of the CubeSat!
Our own Jamie Cutler, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and U-M Space Institute Associate Director for Education and Curriculum, is featured in this news article as the researcher who helped pioneer the CubeSat, and with it, a new era in space exploration.
Kudos, Jamie!
Cutler in his home office. Photo: Levi Hutmacher/Michigan Engineering (photo as Continue Reading »
Space Biology Working Group kick-off meeting!
The U-M Space Institute is seeking to foster a campus-wide collaborative effort on aspects of space biology, i.e. the biology of organisms in microgravity and extreme space conditions.
The Institute aspires to launch an interdisciplinary research initiative to explore problems in human, animal, and plant biology and microbiology in space habitats. The Institute is also
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Rare planetary alignment opportunity next week
Planets and the moon aligned and visible low in the sky June 21-24
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 »
Lunar Biology Technology Workshop (LBTech)
A virtual event hosted by the NASA Space Biology Program
April 20-21, 2022
Are you a biologist seeking interaction with engineers to design your ideal experiment? Are you a payload developer looking for insight into how to support the next generation of space experiments? Are you a platform/lunar lander provider interested in learning more about Continue Reading »
Seminar on Space Exploration
Chair’s Distinguished Lecture: Challenges and Opportunities for Space Exploration with Autonomous Small Spacecraft
Oliver Jia-Richards
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This seminar will cover some of the research challenges and opportunities for space exploration using autonomous small spacecraft, with an emphasis on the interaction between the propulsion system and
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Doctoral Candidate
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
This seminar will cover some of the research challenges and opportunities for space exploration using autonomous small spacecraft, with an emphasis on the interaction between the propulsion system and
NASA opportunities for undergraduate students
Check out the latest announcements from NASA.
Audience: High School and Undergraduate Students, U.S. and International
Registration Deadline: April 4
Contact: info@glee2023.org
High school and undergraduate students are invited to get involved in lunar exploration as a part of NASA’s Artemis Student Challenges! GLEE is
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Developing Partnerships with the Space Physics Research Laboratory -SPRL
The University of Michigan Space Institute and the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) invite you to join us to learn more about SPRL and how to develop partnerships with SPRL.
SPRL Director Sue Lepri and Managing Director Patrick McNally will discuss SPRL capabilities (technology development, hardware expertise, project management, etc.) and some current and past
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