22 June 2021
Space Perspective confirms successful test flight
... cannot. University of Northern Florida flew an ozone sensors instrument, developed by Dr. Nirmal Patel and his students’ team in the physics department, to test their innovative atmospheric science technology. This payload demonstrates to research...
July 2014
Beware the situation: how JSpOC tracks space debris
... for small, inexpensive space payloads. The number of these systems and their size presents opportunities to academics, students, innovators, entrepreneurs and others hoping to access space on a low-cost basis. However, this also creates a related...
March 2015
Sizing down and reaching higher with CubeSats
... changes. Recognising the huge barrier for aerospace engineering students to take part in actual space programs, Jordi ... ignored by the industry, but a generation of engineering students began asking the simple question: “Why should space manufacture...
September 2016
Life in the extremes: confessions of an astrobiologist
... terms of size, distance from their star and ideally in terms of atmospheric composition. We were happy that even as students we helped identify a few of them. Then, I found out about a scholarship programme to cover my study costs at the California...
March 2017
Twinkle - a mission to unravel the story of planets in our galaxy
.... We are currently piloting a project linking young PhD and post-doc scientists with groups of secondary school students to compile molecular data points essential for modelling atmospheres of cool stars and exoplanets. Artist’s impression of the...
April 2018
Future Cubesat swarms pose significant communications challenges
... majored in satellite communications. He has previously worked with embedded systems and underwater communications, before leading a student satellite project at NTNU. Lihui Lydia Zhang holds a Bachelor’s degree in astronomy and economics from Smith...