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NASA leaders visited the University of Colorado Boulder campus following the 38th annual Space Symposium in Colorado Springs and the Space Weather Workshop in Boulder. On Thursday morning, April 20, NASA Associate Administrator Bob Cabana toured the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. In the afternoon, LASP also hosted Nicola...

What if improving one’s athletic performance through supplements was simpler and more affordable? What if instead of producing emissions, airplanes could take carbon out of the air? And what if learning a new language was as fun as listening to music? These ideas and more are no longer “what ifs,”...

How Space is Becoming a Theater for Grand Strategy: The Scramble for the Skies and the Competition to Control the Resources of Outer Space Peter Garretson Senior Fellow in Defense Studies, American Foreign Policy Council Friday, Apr. 14 | 11:45 a.m. | AERO 120 Abstract: Great power competition in space...

Bob Cabana, a four-time Space Shuttle astronaut and current NASA Associate Administrator will talk about the Artemis Program and NASA’s plans for the exploration of our solar system...

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are hard at work on research guided by students and researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder. Two cardiovascular tissue experiments were...

The Global Positioning System (GPS), fully operational since 1995, has redefined what it means to navigate in the world. GPS receivers serve to guide airplanes, Uber drivers, tractors and satellites. GPS timing synchronizes power grids, telecommunications networks and bank transactions. GPS is also essential in scientific measurements of the motion...

Former NASA administrator and astronaut Charles Bolden addressed University of Colorado Boulder students in a special seminar on the past and future of spaceflight and space exploration...

Iain Boyd was interviewed for a new article in Popular Mechanics on efforts to track hypersonic weapons. At issue? Hypersonic weapons often travel at fast enough speeds to generate a sheath of plasma, which can obscure them to radar. Traditional missiles travel at comparably slower speeds and are much easier...

Please join Mark Sirangelo as he welcomes General John “Jay” Raymond, the 1st Chief of Space Operations of the U.S. Space Force, for a fascinating talk on how the Space Force was formed, what it does and what the future of U.S. space may be...

The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences is honoring seven graduates for achievements in industry, research, and public service. The 2023 AeroBuffs Club Alumni Academy inductees are being recognized for work in business, government, and major research contributions to aerospace. “These outstanding graduates are being honored for...