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Professor Jade Morton's new book has been published. Morton is the lead editor of Position, Navigation, and Timing Technologies in the 21st Century (PNT21) , now available from Wiley-IEEE Press. The textbook follows more than five years of work by 131 authors from 18 countries. It offers comprehensive coverage of...

Ann Dietrich Senior Navigation Algorithms, Draper Laboratories Friday, February 19 | 12:30 P.M. | Zoom Webinar Abstract: As part of the NASA Artemis program, the Orion capsule will transfer the next American astronauts to lunar orbit with the intent to build a sustainable presence on the moon. The Artemis I...

CU Boulder may soon be part of large-scale research into the electromagnetic spectrum that could define wireless innovation across everyday life for the next generation. The university is one of several partners in a new planning grant from the National Science Foundation that may eventually lead to a five-year, $25...

Hisham Ali Research Engineer and Post-Doctoral Fellow, Aerospace Engineering @ Georgia Tech Monday, Feb. 15 | 9:00 A.M. | Zoom Webinar Abstract: Proposed missions such as a Mars sample return mission and a human mission to Mars require landed payload masses in excess of any previous Mars mission. Whether human...

Congratulations to PhD students Abhishektha Boppana (Advisor: Allie Anderson ) and Rachel Rise (Advisor: Torin Clark ) for earning first and second place, respectively, in the 2021 NASA Human Research Program Investigators Workshop student poster competition. The annual conference is a deep dive into space research on human health and...

Scott Hartman has had a multifaceted career, highlighted by distinguished service in the U.S. Navy and more than 25 years with NASA in the International Space Station Program Office, the Flight Operations Directorate and the Commercial Crew Program. Upon CU graduation in May 1989 with a BS degree in aerospace...

The University of Colorado Boulder is strongly represented in the 2021 Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program. Two current Smead Aerospace undergraduates and one alumnus are 2021 fellows. The initiative provides summer internships and executive mentorship to inspire the next generation of commercial spaceflight leaders. The 2021 honorees are: Anthony Danna Chava...

As rainfall is increasingly scarce in East Africa, existing groundwater supplies become the main source of water for people, livestock and agriculture. Maintaining access to this life-sustaining resource requires an extensive network of wells and pumps. Earth observations from NASA satellites can indicate that a drought might be on the...

Professor Iain Boyd discusses the development of new hypersonic defense systems in a new column at Defense News: A recent article in The New York Times strongly implied that hypersonic weapons under development at the U.S. Department of Defense are being overhyped. In particular, several points made in a recent...

Matthew Clarke PhD Candidate, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford Monday, Feb. 8 | 9:00 A.M. | Zoom Webinar Summary: ​Urbanization, on-demand delivery and other rapidly increasing trends in connectivity have strained 20th-century transportation infrastructure. One viable strategy to reduce congestion is electric short/vertical takeoff and landing (eSTOL and eVTOL)...