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Alumna Aisha Bowe Ready to Launch on Historic All-Women Space Flight

Posted on April 9, 2025 (April 30, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

Aisha Bowe, an alumna from Michigan Aerospace, is set to board the first-ever all-women Blue Origin flight, scheduled to launch on April 14, 2025. This historic flight will be Blue Origin’s 11th human space mission that will cross the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space, 62 miles (100 km) above Earth.

SPAR Set Its Sights on the Future of the Institute

Posted on March 17, 2025 (April 29, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

The SPAR Institute was formed to develop spacecraft that can “maneuver without regret,” with funding from the U.S. Space Force, and is set to bring fast chemical rockets together with efficient electric propulsion powered by a nuclear microreactor. As the eight universities and 14 industry partners and advisers come together to tackle the initiative, the SPAR Institute is now one of the nation’s largest efforts to advance space power and propulsion.

What Industry Wants: Model-Based Systems Engineering

Posted on March 12, 2025 (April 23, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

George Halow, a professor of practice at Michigan Aerospace Engineering, launched a model-based systems engineering course that takes students from customer concept to design or prototype inside two semesters, often mentored by engineers at big name corporate sponsors.

“Flight, Space and Rockets Pay a Visit to a School in Milan”

Posted on February 28, 2025 (March 26, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

Students from the University of Michigan Department of Aerospace Engineering, were featured in the Sun Times News about their visit to Symons Elementary School in Milan, MI. The article was titled “Flight, Space and Rockets Pay a Visit to a School in Milan.” | February 28, 2025

Kick-Off Meeting Held for the $35M U-M SPAR Institute

Posted on December 3, 2024 (February 6, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

The five-year, $35M Space Power and Propulsion for Agility, Responsiveness and Resilience (SPAR) Institute held its official kick-off meeting on December 4, 2024.

NASA AACES Initiative Calls on Electra Partnership with U-M

Posted on November 14, 2024 (January 9, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

Electra.aero, Inc. has been awarded the first contract from NASA’s Advanced Aircraft Concepts for Environmental Sustainability (AACES) 2050 initiative. The award will look to Electra to develop technologies for reduced carbon emissions in commercial airliners while working alongside the University of Michigan.

“U-M Selected by the U.S. Space Force for Research Development Institute”

Posted on October 10, 2024 (November 13, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

Dr. Benjamin Jorns, an associate professor for Michigan Aerospace Engineering and the director of the Plasmadynamics and Electric Propulsion Laboratory (PEPL), was featured in “U-M selected by the U.S. Space Force for research development institute” for The Michigan Daily. The University will receive $34.9 million in funding to work alongside the Rochester Continue Reading »

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