Tag Archive for ‘Space Studies’
Space Studies to Participate in High-Altitude Balloon Launch with West Fargo Students May 17
UND Space Studies students and faculty will be working alongside first and seventh-grade student teams to launch and track two high-altitude balloons Friday, May 17, from the Red River Valley Fairgrounds in West Fargo, N.D. The High-Altitude Balloon Launch is sponsored by the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium. The public is encouraged to attend and [...]
UND Students and Faculty Check out NASA’s Ames Research Center
The visit aims to foster UND collaboration with NASA scientists. Three UND students, along with Space Studies faculty member Pablo de León, recently visited National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA’s) Ames Research Center in California to foster collaborations between UND and NASA scientists, using technology developed at UND with NASA funding. Space Studies chair Santhosh [...]
Space Studies Final Colloquium Series to feature 2001 Alum Jon Rask
“Lunar Dust: Problems and Potential for Future Explorers” Monday, April 15th at 4:00 pm in Ryan Hall, Room 111. Features Jon Rask, Senior Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. ~ Bev Fetter, Administrative Secretary, Space Studies
“The Aurora” Newsletter from Space Grant Consortium is Available Online
The most recent issue of “The Aurora,” the annual newsletter of the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium (NDSGC), is available online. Sponsored by NASA, the NDSGC is part of a nation-wide network of consortia and it provides support for STEM education through research and public outreach efforts for kindergarten through doctoral students in North Dakota. [...]
UND Students to Hold First-Ever ‘Science Café’ May 2nd
The first-ever Grand Forks Science Café, started by students, will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2, in the Wild Hog Smokehouse, 4401 S. Washington St. This inaugural science café, titled “How will sequestration affect the sciences?” will give local scientists an opportunity to gather and discuss impacts of sequestration on scientific agencies within [...]
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, [...]
Second Annual Observatory Banquet
You are invited to attend the second annual UND Observatory banquet, which will occur on Monday, March 25 from 5:00-10:00 p.m. in the Buchli/Dahl room of the Hilton Garden Inn, Grand Forks. Our keynote speaker this year will be Dr. Seth Shostak of the SETI Institute, along with U.S. Congressional Representative Kevin Cramer, Dr. Timothy [...]
Space Studies Colloquium
Monday, February 25th at 4:00 p.m. in Ryan Hall, room 111. Presenter: Dr. Edythe E. Weeks, Esq., Adjunct Faculty, Webster University, “Reading Tea Leaves, Space Law & Policy: A Method for Elucidating the Next Big Thing”. All are welcome. ~ Bev Fetter, Administrative Secretary, Department of Space Studies
“Outer Space in the Great Plains” Series Presentation
Saturday, February 9th at 2:30 p.m. in room 210 of Clifford Hall. The hour-long presentation will provide information on planets found outside our solar system and NASA’s Kepler mission. The talk will be presented by Annie Wargetz and Katrina Jackson, graduate students in the Space Studies Master’s Program and volunteer NASA Solar System Ambassadors.
Space Studies Colloquium Continues
Monday, February 11th at 4:00 p.m. in Ryan Hall, room 111. Presenter: Dr. Angel Abbud-Madrid, “”Space Resources Utilization: Living off the Land.” The Spring 2013 Space Studies Colloquium Series will focus on the general theme “Near-Earth Asteroid Mining” and will feature several leading experts in the field.
Space Studies Colloquium
The Spring 2013 Space Studies Colloquium Series will focus on the general theme “Near-Earth Asteroid Mining” and will feature several leading experts in the field. The first presentation of this series will feature Dr. Mike Gaffey, Professor in the Department of Space Studies, Monday, February 4th at 4 p.m. in Ryan Hall, room 111. Dr. [...]
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, [...]
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, [...]
Space Studies to Host Launch Party on Sunday, October 7
The Department of Space Studies will hold a public event to view live streaming coverage of the “Falcon 9” launch, a new era of commercial spaceflight, Sunday, October 7th, starting at 5:00 p.m. in 210 Clifford Hall. Concessions and t-shirts will be on sale during the event and cash or checks will be accepted. Proceeds [...]
Space Studies and Astronomy Club to Host Latest Public Star Party August 31
Space Studies and the University’s Astronomy Club will be holding another one of their “Public Star Party” events at 9:00 p.m. Friday, August 31, in Clifford Hall, room 210. Future star parties are scheduled for September 14 and October 9, at the UND Observatory, west of Grand Forks. Two Space Studies students will be giving [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
UND Engineered Space Suit Goes International
UND has made big waves globally with its planetary exploration system, dubbed NDX. With funding sources that include the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium, the NDX system includes a space suit and wheeled rover. The NDX-2 suit will be connected to the rover by means of a [...]
UND Observatory to Host ‘Transit of Venus’ Viewing June 5
The UND Observatory will host a special public viewing of the transit of Venus, a rare celestial event that will be clearly visible in our region (weather permitting). The public viewing will take place at a “Venus Transit” open house 3-7 p.m., Tuesday, June 5, at the UND Observatory. The facility will provide solar telescopes, glasses [...]
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