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Mass media representations of space weather—variable conditions in space that can affect the technological systems modern society depends on—often evoke visions of catastrophic power grid failures and global chaos. The result can be gripping film or
Daniel Scheeres is a University of Colorado Distinguished Professor, the A. Richard Seebass Chair of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. His research spans astrodynamics and spacecraft navigation
Antarctica is one of Earth’s most forbidding places. That’s why CU researchers keep going back. Ian Geraghty (AeroEngr’18) spent his first season in Antarctica in 2017. Now a research assistant at CU, he’s part of an
Bacteria will be soon be under the microscope in outer space as four new CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß-led biological experiments are set to begin aboard the International Space Station. The research projects, which are supported by CU ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß’s BioServe Space
The National Geographic channel is spotlighting the red planet in the television series ‘MARS’ and enlisting the help of experts from the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß. Robert Braun is the Dean of the school’s college of engineering, a
The ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß student group the Colorado ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Rocketry Association (COBRA) successfully launched its Copperhead rocket to an altitude of 14,583 feet Sunday at 10:50 a.m. MST. The rocket, weighing in at 55.8 pounds, lifted off
The pattern of uneven sea level rise over the last quarter century has been driven in part by human-caused climate change, not just natural variability, according to a new study. The findings suggest that regions of the world where seas have risen
The space probe OSIRIS-REx arrives at the asteroid Bennu today after traveling more than 199 million km (124 million miles) across the blackness of space. It may be far from Earth, but it’s hardly on its own. Guiding it every step of the way has
¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß scientists have a front row seat today to observe a NASA spacecraft as it arrives at the asteroid Bennu, coming to within 4.5 miles of the space rock. This close approach, followed by a flyby Dec. 4, up is the first in
RSVP for Professor Larson's talk: GPS Can't Do That, Can It? Kristine M. Larson of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences will deliver a Distinguished Research Lecture about traditional and leading-edge applications of