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UND’s ISSAC Sensor Monitors Damage from Superstorm Sandy
The International Space Station Agricultural Camera (ISSAC), designed and operated by students at the University of North Dakota (UND), is helping NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) monitor impacts of change due to the recent Superstorm “Sandy.” Originally designed to image agricultural crops and other vegetation, the ISSAC sensor is nearing the end of [...]
Researchers Eye More Missions for Space Camera
Earth System Science and Policy (ESSP) has been awarded a $25,000 grant from Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc., to investigate adaptation of the department’s International Space Station Agricultural Camera (ISSAC) for a follow-on science mission. UND’s principal investigator is Doug Olsen, with Ho Jin Kim, Jagan Ranganathan and Craig Helgason contributing technical expertise. The UND team [...]
NASA Scientist will Speak Thursday
Burgess Howell of the SERVIR project at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center is visiting the Department of Earth System Science and Policy, and will give a public talk open to all students and faculty on Thursday, March 8, from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in 368 Clifford Hall. The SERVIR initiative integrates satellite observations, ground-based data and [...]
Two Newly-Funded Research Projects
Dr. Ron Fevig is working on two newly-funded research projects. The first involves near-Earth object space mission design, and is being funded by a faculty seed grant through ND NASA EPSCoR. Dr. Fevig is working with two thesis-track, and several other Space Studies distance students on this effort to design a spacecraft that collects critical [...]
UND Space Based Ag Camera Captures its First Successful Image
UND’s International Space Station Agricultural Camera (ISSAC) has successfully captured its first high-resolution image from space. The photograph–taken June 10 and depicting the western coastal region of Florida–is a milestone for the program and represents a decade-long development by UND students and faculty members. “This is a fantastic day for ISSAC and the culmination of [...]
Flooded Lives: The Fight to Survive Devils Lake
If water has been rising around your home for decades, what do you do? Most people leave. A few, like Paul Christensen, do not. There is a group of satellite photos that show the changes that have taken place in the Devils Lake Basin since 1992, just before the flooding began. To look at the [...]
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