Tag Archive for ‘NASA’
ROSES 2013: Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples
FON: NNH13ZDA001N-LARS AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to maximize the scientific return from the samples provided by missions such as Genesis, Stardust, and Hayabusa (see further below) through development of laboratory instrumentation and advanced analytical techniques required for the complete analyses of the samples they return. ACTION: Notices of intent [...]
ROSES 2013: Near Earth Object Observations
FON: NNH13ZDA001N-NEOO AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ITEM: Notice seeking proposals whose primary objective is to complete the inventory of the population of Near Earth Objects (NEOs) with sizes greater than 100 meters. ACTION: Notices of intent are due April 12, 2013. Proposals are due June 7, 2013. Approximately $5 million is available to [...]
ROSES 2013: Astrobiology: Exobiology and Evolutionary Biology
FON: NNH13ZDA001N-EXO AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ITEM: Notice seeking proposals to understand the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the Universe. Research is centered on the origin and early evolution of life, the potential of life to adapt to different environments, and the implications for life elsewhere. ACTION: Notices of intent [...]
NASA Advisory Council; Science Committee; Earth Science Subcommittee; Meeting
FON: N/A AGENCY: National Aeronautics and Space Administration ITEM: Notice announcing a meeting of the Earth Science Subcommittee of the NASA Advisory Council. The purpose of the meeting is to Review of Earth Science Division Goals and Objectives and Discussion of the NASA Data Center Study. ACTION: The meeting will be held Thursday, April 11, [...]
UND Alumna Nyberg Set for Six-Month Mission Aboard International Space Station
NASA and its International Space Station (ISS) partners have chosen University of North Dakota graduate Karen Nyberg to be part of a crew destined for a mission aboard the space station, beginning in late May. This elite group will be the 36th crew to live and work aboard the International Space Station. Nyberg, a Vining, [...]
Dimensions of Biodiversity
FON: 13-536 AGENCY: National Science Foundation; Multiple Directorates ITEM: Notice seeking proposals that target and integrate three dimensions of biodiversity: (1) genetic diversity; (2) taxonomic/phylogenetic diversity; and (3) functional diversity. Genetic diversity includes, but is not limited to, nucleotide sequence diversity at neutral or coding loci or genomic (proteomic, transcriptomic) diversity. Taxonomic/phylogenetic diversity refers to [...]
Former Astronaut will Lecture January 25
Former NASA Astronaut Mario Runco Jr. will give a lecture titled “Observations of Planet Earth From Low Earth Orbit” at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in 210 Clifford Hall. The event is sponsored by the Department of Space Studies. Runco joined NASA in 1987 and remained on active duty as a NASA astronaut until 1994. [...]
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 [...]
Atmospheric Sciences Seminar – November 29, 2012
Dr. Jonathan Jiang, Research Scientist, with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, will present a seminar entitled “Evaluation and Regime-dependent Error Diagnosis of Cloud and Water Vapor Simulations in Climate Models Using NASA A-Train Satellite Observations” on Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. in Streibel Hall, Room 106. Faculty and students are encouraged [...]
Space Studies Faculty Member has Work Published in Science
Space Studies faculty member Vishnu Reddy is a co-author for two papers about the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dawn mission’s discoveries made on the asteroid Vesta. Reddy is a member of the Dawn Framing Camera team. “I work with the Dawn camera team at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, [...]
Alum, NASA Researcher to Star in Online Education Forum on Polar Research October 17
UND alumna and NASA researcher Christy Hansen will be featured live on the Internet as part of Earth Science Week (Oct. 14-20) on her own “Google+ Hideout” interactive Web forum at noon CDT, Wednesday, October 17. Hansen, who received her master’s degree in space studies from UND in 1999, will be taking part in the [...]
ND NASA EPSCoR Receives a Three-Year NASA Award
The North Dakota NASA EPSCoR program (http://ndnasaepscor.und.edu/) received notification from NASA of an award of $375,000 over a three year period for its Research Infrastructure Development (RID) project proposal submitted in July 2012. In addition to the award of $375,000 from NASA, the ND State Legislature also provides match funding to the project. ND NASA [...]
UND, NASA and MITRE Corporation Successfully Test New UAS Technology
A joint team of government, a not-for-profit research and development organization and academia recently completed two weeks of flight testing “sense and avoid” technology that could some day help unmanned aircraft better integrate into the national air transportation system. The MITRE Corporation and UND developed automatic sense and avoid computer software algorithms that were uploaded [...]
NASA Mid-Latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment
Gretchen Mullendore, assistant professor in Atmospheric Sciences, travelled to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California to meet with researchers involved in the NASA Mid-Latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment (MACPEX) and assist in analysis of a high-altitude aircraft observations of convective transport. This travel was funded by ND NASA EPSCoR. Initial results showed a very clear case [...]
Flight Test for UAS Sense-and-Avoid Technology is September 20
UND, NDSU, NASA-Langley, and MITRE Corp. will host a flight test for UAS sense-and-avoid technologies Thursday, September 20, at the Grand Forks International Airport. These technologies are designed to help integrate remotely piloted aircraft into the national air transportation system. The research flight test will feature a specially equipped NASA Langley Research Center Cirrus SR-22 [...]
The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium Receives Award
The North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (http://ndspacegrant.und.edu/) recently received an award of $860,000 for FY 12 and 13 from NASA’s Department of Education. The award is for promoting STEM education at college level in North Dakota through “hands on” student projects, scholarships and fellowships for students, summer internships at NASA centers, and seed research. ND [...]
NASA Opens ROSES Solicitation, Announces Changes
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has released its annual Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) solicitation, which will remain open through November 12, 2013. Max Bernstein, NASA’s Science Mission Directorate lead for research, has identified several important changes regarding the proposal submission process and the types of projects eligible for support. [...]
UND and NASA Celebrate 40 Years of LANDSAT – the Pioneer to Google Maps
If you’ve used Google Maps, you’re not far from Landsat, the granddaddy of all Earth-observing satellites that changed the way we view the home planet. NASA and the Interior Department this week marked the 40th anniversary of the Landsat program. The first Landsat satellite was launched July 23, 1972, from Vandenberg Air Force Base in [...]
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 [...]
Space Studies Hosts Landing Party for Mars Curiosity Rover Sunday
The Department of Space Studies and the UND Observatory are hosting a public event and open house on Sunday, Aug. 5, heralding the arrival of the NASA Mars Curiosity rover to the surface of Mars. Activities and presentations will occur in 210 Clifford Hall and in the hallway outside the auditorium from 7 p.m. until [...]
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