Space Grant Success Stories

ASU Phoenix CubeSat team at launch (front, left to right): Nicholas Altman, Sarah Rogers and Ryan Fagan. (Back, left to right): Devon Bautista, Craig Knoblauch, Trevor Bautista and Raymond Barakat. Trevor Bautista/ASU

ASU Space Grant students launch CubeSat to study urban heat island effect

The Arizona State University-led Phoenix CubeSat was launched into space onboard the Antares II rocket from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia as part of a Cygnus resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS).

Arsh Nadkarni stands in front of rover model

UA SEDS students present their research at SpaceVision 2019 Conference at ASU!

UA SEDS students present their research at SpaceVision 2019 Conference at ASU!

Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil (left) Erika Hamden (right)

2019-20 UA Space Grant undergraduate intern, Rachel Abraham, highlights two astronomers named AAAS If/Then Ambassadors, for UA Communications

University of Arizona astronomers Erika Hamden and Burçin Mutlu-Pakdil have been selected as American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) If/Then Ambassadors.

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.

NASA/Raven Aerostar BalloonSat Launch

Congratulations to 2017-18 ERAU ASCEND Team Member, Michael Fusco, who accepted a position with NASA Raven

After graduating ERAU, Michael started his career this summer with NASA's Raven project.

© Source: ASU Student scientists of ASU created a special satellite that can eventually help track things like a city’s thermal temperature and climate change.

Congratulations to ASU Intern Sarah Rogers and the Phoenix CubeSat Team, who will be launching their "Phoenix" satellite into space this Fall!

Standing only a foot tall, the cubed shaped, shiny satellite could be the future to understanding temperature and climate on earth.

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.