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Frontier No More? Michigan Engineers Work on Solutions for Space Debris

Posted on October 6, 2025 (October 15, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

Researchers at U-M and elsewhere are working to keep space safe for future generations. They’re developing solutions that could enable tracking of microscopic fragments and designing forecasting tools that could more accurately track active satellites during space weather events.

Professors from U-M Law and U-M Aerospace Co-Instruct Course on Removing Space Debris

Posted on April 29, 2025 (May 2, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

The Problem Solving Initiative (PSI) course series, where students from a variety of academic backgrounds come together and learn how to collaborate and solve problems, recently drew its latest iteration to a close with an end-of-semester presentation and forum. This semester’s PSI was co-taught by U-M Law School Professor Donald Moore and U-M Aerospace Engineering Assistant Professor Oliver Jia-Richards and covered the topic of how to handle and remove debris from space.