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.
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.
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.
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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!
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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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