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It's senior design time! The Aerospace Engineering Student Projects Symposium was April 21, 2017 in the Gallogly Discovery Learning Center.Students gave presentations on their projects, designed to solve real-world engineering problems faced by
Members of the Challenger team with the microsatellite before it left Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. A Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ student-built microsatellite is on its way to the International Space Station. The satellite, named ‘Challenger’, had a successful
Illustration of robot landing and moving on an asteroid. If humans in future decades realize a goal of mining asteroids for water, Jay McMahon may very well be able to take credit for helping to make it happen. McMahon, 34, is the recipient of
2017 Aerospace Honorees Michael DeLucaInstitute for Modeling Plasma, Atmospheres, and Cosmic Dust (IMPACT) in the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP)"I investigate cosmic dust and the instruments we use to
When Robert Braun was 11, a neighbor brought him to work at the Goddard Space Center in Maryland. Braun was interested in space, and that day, the Viking 1 lander was scheduled to touch down on Mars, becoming the first U.S. spacecraft to land on
Alumni, industry execs and other space buffs celebrated the state’s growing prominence in aerospace—from probing the Bennu asteroid to an array of industry partnerships—at the second annual Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Aerospace Summit earlier this week. The summit,
Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder research associate Luis Zea working at BioServe Space Technologies. By observing the health of astronauts that travel into space, scientists have learned that microgravity has important effects on the human body, causing substantial
Some high school students seem to have their entire lives already mapped out. Christine Reilly was not one of them -- picking a college major was not easy. Now, as a Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Smead Aerospace junior and Norlin Scholar, she cannot imagine herself
Alumna leaves behind a legacy of innovation, advocacy, and amazing pictures of Pluto.Lisa Hardaway, an industry trailblazer and active Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder aerospace alumna has died. She was 50 years old.A 20-year veteran of Ball Aerospace, she played