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ND Irish Satellite club advances to finalist standing in NASA competition

Keira Stenson | Friday, February 10, 2023

Members of the Irish Satellite Club recently advanced to finalist standing in NASA’s FLOATing DRAGON competition. According to NASA’s website, the Formulate, Lift, Observe, and Testing; Data Recovery and Guided On-board Node Balloon Challenge “was developed to provide increased opportunities for academic research institutions to contribute to the NASA Science Mission Directorate’s mission.” Teams must

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Meet the Notre Dame alum leading efforts to return humans to the moon

Ryan Peters | Monday, November 14, 2022

When Jon Olansen was a child, he wanted to be an astronaut. This dream doesn’t pan out for most children, but Olansen, a Notre Dame alumnus, has come close to living it out. Although he personally will not be walking on the moon, Olansen has spent the past three decades enabling astronauts to travel to

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NASA scientist discusses the risks of asteroids in lecture

Peter Breen | Monday, April 11, 2022

In the sixth installment of this year’s ‘Ten Years Hence’ lecture series, the Mendoza College of Business welcomed NASA physicist Marina Brozović Friday morning to speak on the risks asteroids pose to human beings and the opportunities these spinning space rocks may supply our species. Born and raised in Split, Croatia, Brozović earned her doctoral

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Twentieth ‘Ten Years Hence’ series discusses the future of space travel

Marcelle Couto | Monday, January 24, 2022

With the advent of developing space companies and recent conversations surrounding the habitability of Earth, this year’s “Ten Years Hence” series uncovers profound reflections not only for the business world, but for the entirety of our current generation. “Life Beyond Earth” is the theme of the 2022 lectures, offered by the Mendoza College of Business.

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Major NASA update

Allison Thornton | Wednesday, November 10, 2021

You know what time it is: It’s time for me to dedicate my whole Inside Column to science! This is one of my favorite things to write about — space exploration. And boy, do I have a phenomenal update for you. Today I will be talking about the James Webb Space Telescope NASA will be

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Engineering professor develops prototype for robotic nose

Kieu Anh Nguyen Le | Monday, September 20, 2021

The newest, hottest, trendiest nose is on the rise, but it may come as a shock. Slim noses, wide noses, button noses, hook noses are all in the past. The future is in robotic noses. Engineering professor Nosang Vincent Myung certainly understands this as he and his team are developing a prototype for an electronic

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The Recap Episode 9: Tri-campus supports survivors during Take Back the Night

The Recap and Genevieve Coleman | Monday, April 19, 2021

In this episode of The Recap, host Genevieve Coleman covers how the tri-campus community supported survivors of sexual assault and interpersonal violence in this year’s annual Take Back the Night and the Notre Dame students who received recognition for their research from NASA. The Recap is available to stream on Anchor, Breaker, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic

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Undergraduates gain recognition from NASA in student competition

Gabrielle Penna | Thursday, April 15, 2021

In Aug. 2020, NASA launched the Student Payload Opportunity with Citizen Science (SPOCS). The competition was open to college, university, and graduate students interested in researching topics related to bacteria resistance and sustainability, both of which are critical to further deep space exploration. Last summer, Katy Ryan, a senior majoring in biological sciences with a

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Just nerd things

Allison Thornton | Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Nerd update! Since midterms have been hitting all of us pretty hard the past couple weeks, I thought it would be a good idea to give you something fun to read about. Well, I think this is pretty fun and I hope you do as well after reading this! Maybe I can convert some people

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Engineering professor develops infrared light detectors to study sun

Izzi Barrera | Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Despite it being the most important star in the galaxy, the astronomy community still has a lot to learn about the sun. As a complex ball of gas and plasma, it proves enigmatic. However, with discoveries made by an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Notre Dame with funding from NASA, the world may reach a

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