UArizona Space Grant Interns and Mentors Publish Article! May 23, 2021 2018-20 Space Grant Interns, Reman Almusawi (right) and Ruby O'Brien-Metzger (left), are authors on a recently published article in collaboration with their Space Grant mentors. The article is titled "Outdoor/Indoor Contaminant Transport by Atmospheric Dust and Aerosol at an Active Smelter Site". Read more
"With eye on outer space, UArizona researchers test globetrotting balloons" April 2, 2021 Space Grant Intern, Josh Crest, interviewed by KOLD News 13 about his work on pico-balloon systems! Read more
UArizona Space Grant mentor, Dr. Betül Kaçar, wins NASA Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research awards. Nov. 17, 2020 "Betül Kaçar's group explores the evolution of reconstructed ancient proteins and why life on Earth chose the chemical elements it did." Find out more in this article written by Space Grant mentor, Daniel Stolte, and congratulations to the team! Read more
"OSIRIS-REx Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu in Sample Grab" Oct. 21, 2020 The Arizona Space Grant Consortium congratulates PI (and former UArizona Space Grant Intern), Dante Lauretta, and the entire OSIRIS-REx team on this major achievement! Read more
The Art of Planetary Science: A Virtual Odyssey Sept. 21, 2020 For International Observe the Moon Night on Saturday, 9/26 this event will host a special live stream of the historical Moon documentary, Desert Mo on, followed by a live Q& A session with producer and former (2013) UA Space Grant Fellow, Jason Davis broadcast from the Flandrau Science Center & Eos Planetarium. Read more
Former UA Graduate Fellow (2002-04), Theresa Crimmins, writes an opinion piece in the Arizona Daily Star. June 25, 2020 Take a moment of your day to read Theresa's important opinion piece on moving forward with tough conversations on race. Read more
Dr. Yancy Shirley, UA Space Grant Assistant Director, publishes paper in The Astrophysical Journal June 11, 2020 Using UArizona's radio telescope on Kitt Peak, a team of astronomers probed a vast, cosmic cloud of gas and dust for traces of organic molecules that form the building blocks for life. The team found that such molecules appear hundreds of thousands of years before stars even begin to form. Read more
UA/NASA Space Grant mentors, Dante Lauretta and Jason Davis, discuss their current work on the OSRIS-REx mission March 10, 2020 After a year of circling close to near-Earth asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS REx spacecraft is almost ready to dip down and collect a surface sample. Read more
UA Space Grant Mentors, Stuart Craig and Jesse Little, featured in UA News discussing current research on wind tunnels March 2, 2020 The University of Arizona College of Engineering wind tunnels are getting $1.7 million in upgrades, which will boost the capabilities of the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering in high-speed aerodynamics research. Read more