Articles tagged: The University of Arizona

• August 2020 Interstellar aspirations

  ... foundation’s ‘Breakthrough Initiatives’. He holds a BS in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Astronomy from the University of Arizona (where he became a research professor). Dr Worden has authored or co-authored more...

  • Breakthrough Starshot
  • interstellar laser-driven spacecraft
  • interstellar travel
  • laser-propelled light sail probe
  Authors: Simon P Worden    
• 21 October 2020 OSIRIS-REx successfully touches asteroid Bennu

  ... gas firing, and back-away from Bennu are major accomplishments for the team,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson. If the sampling effort fell short of its 60 gram goal or indeed did not...

  • Bennu
  • NASA’s Origins
  • Spectral Interpretation
  • Resource Identification
  • Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx)
  • OSIRIS-REx Sample Return Capsule (SRC)
• September 2019 A new era in planetary defence missions

  ...USA. She received an undergraduate degree in physics at Rice University and a PhD in planetary science at the University of Arizona. She has been a member of five field teams with the Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET) programme and is a Fellow...

  • DART
  • Didymos
  • Hera
  • NASA
  • planetary defence
  Authors: Nancy L Chabot     Sean Blair    
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