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-11 posts tagged "space"
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
Katherine Ross | Wednesday, August 31, 2022
A newly formed Notre Dame student group is dedicated to building a fully functioning Mars rover from scratch. The Domer Rover club hopes to compete in the University Rover Challenge. The competition, held annually at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) near Hanksville, Utah, focuses on each step of the learning process along the way.
Sophia Michetti | Friday, March 19, 2021
In keeping with his reputation as the Jonas brother with the most swag, Nick Jonas’ new solo album “Spaceman” is driven by synthetic pop backtracks and lyrics about love. Given the Jonas brothers’ recent reunion, the release of another solo album from the youngest brother comes as a bit of a surprise. Still, Jonas returns
Gabriel Niforatos | Monday, October 19, 2020
Do you feel at home in the universe? This is the question that my professor began class with last Monday and it has stuck with me ever since, because I am not sure that there is an easy answer to it. Perhaps there is something about October that puts me in an introspective mood. Maybe
Aidan O'Malley | Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The phrase “Ad Astra” is Latin for “to the stars.” The movie “Ad Astra” makes reference to this in its opening with a red, inky font that calls to mind the opening crawl of “Blade Runner;” the word “replicant” practically bleeds. It’s the first of many allusions director James Gray (“The Immigrant,” “The Lost City
Show Some Skin | Thursday, November 8, 2018
At some point much sooner than when the Sun explodes and becomes a white dwarf The Milky Way will collide with the Andromeda galaxy. when this happens, there is a very small chance almost no chance that the Earth or our sun will crash into matter from Andromeda and be destroyed in the collision because
Charlie Kenney | Monday, October 29, 2018
“First Man” opens with turning gears, flickering lights, static radio and heavy breathing. The face of a man flashes in and out of frame. His countenance is akin to the feeling of the scene — confused, dynamic, cramped. Suddenly, the commotion seems to sort itself out. The lights are on more than they are off.
Sarah Cate Baker | Tuesday, August 29, 2017
When I was a kid, I made a spaceship out of a giant cardboard box. It had a steering wheel like a car, and buttons to activate shields and lasers in the case of unfriendly aliens. There was no landing gear — landing would mean getting out of the spaceship, which was not the point of
Lucy Collins | Thursday, February 16, 2017
Ask anyone who was alive at the time what they were doing July 20, 1969. Chances are, whether they were young or old, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, they were planted in front of a TV set, watching with eyes wide with wonder as history was made and mankind reached the moon. Think about
Lucas Masin-Moyer | Tuesday, December 6, 2016
From the time that humans first gazed up into the night sky to the launch of the first artificial satellites to Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon to present day attempts for humans to reach Mars, the solar system has captivated the minds of those both young and old. Jonathan Crass, post-doctoral research associate,