UA Space Grant Success Stories

An artist illustration of what centaur SW1 would look like if it became an inner solar system Jupiter-Family comet at a distance of 0.2 AU (19 million miles) from Earth. The moon is in the upper right part of the frame for scale. (Image: Heather Roper)

Space Grant mentor Daniel Stolte interviews UA researchers on cradle of comets discovered beyond Jupiter

UA researchers discuss the discovery of a cradel of comets with Daniel Stolte - an AZSG mentor, working with intern Rachel Abraham.

Steward Observatory

UA Space Grant Mentor, Dennis Zaritsky, to give Dark Matter lecture in Spanish

As a part of its annual evening lecture series, the University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory will host a free lecture on dark matter entirely in Spanish. The Steward Observatory has been hosting public astronomy lectures in English since 1922 but began offering Spanish lectures in fall 2018.

Students explore the ocean biome at Biosphere 2

Today’s Students are Tomorrow’s Space Explorers

Ten students from Japan and Arizona gathered for the first official Space Camp at Biosphere 2, where they designed Biosphere 3 to sustain life on Mars.

Daniel McConville and Hiroaki Sato participate in Biosphere 2 Space Camp activities.

First Space Camp at Biosphere 2 helps prepare students for life on Mars

During the camp, students were tasked with simulating a mission to Mars and designing a new biosphere for the surface of the planet.

Robots working in Ford Motor factory

1995 Space Grant Intern, Todd Murphey, gives insight into the changing nature of employment with the increased use of robots

1995 Space Grant Intern, Todd Murphey, gives insight into the changing nature of employment with the increased use of robots

Portrait of Betul Kacar with her child and her laboratory team

Seeking Knowledge through the use of Synthetic Biology: AZSGC mentors discuss current research on synthetic biology

Tim Swindle, AZSGC and Lunar & Planetary Laboratory Director, and Betul Kacar, 2018-19 Space Grant Undergraduate Research Mentor, discuss Kacar's current research on synthetic biology.

Apollo 17 astronaut Ron Evans had to embark on a spacewalk just to retrieve a cassette of film, which recorded data from the first radar mapping instrument mounted on a spacecraft. (Photo: NASA)

UA/NASA Space Grant Mentors discuss their current research at the UA Lunar & Planetary Lab!

Interview includes: Shane Byrne: LPL faculty mentor to UA Space Grant Undergraduate research interns Ali Bramson: 2012 UA Space Grant Graduate Fellow and current mentor Daniella Della-Giustina: 2005 UA Space Grant undergraduate research intern and current mentor

Portrait of Tim Swindle

AZ/NASA Space Grant Consortium Director, Tim Swindle, discusses the UA's contributions to early and current space exploration.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine recognized the University of Arizona and Arizona State as ‘leading the world when it comes to university engagement with NASA’ during a Senate committee hearing.

Ali Bramson sits on lava rocks holding pink umbrella

Check out current planetary science research by 2012 UA/NASA Space Grant Fellow, Ali Bramson!

Ali Bramson, a 2012 UA/NASA Space Grant Fellow and current Mentor, is now a postdoctoral research fellow at the UA's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory. She discusses her current research on geological Earth analogs to other bodies in the Solar System.