News – Page 16 – University of Michigan Space Institute

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.

Matula Brings Career Experience to Spaceflight Course

Posted on September 7, 2022 (July 25, 2024) by jrbolt

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

Posted on September 5, 2022 (September 9, 2022) by Melissa F. Priebe

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

Posted on August 25, 2022 (September 9, 2022) by Melissa F. Priebe

Artist rendering of CYGNSS courtesy of NASA

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

Posted on August 23, 2022 (September 9, 2022) by egourgou

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

Posted on July 23, 2022 by egourgou

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

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!

Posted on July 20, 2022 (September 12, 2022) by egourgou

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!

Posted on July 8, 2022 by egourgou

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

Rare planetary alignment opportunity next week

Posted on June 16, 2022 by jrbolt

Rare planetary alignment animation (normal state)

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

Posted on June 6, 2022 (July 25, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

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 »