激情快播 Scientists Study Starship Launchpad in Preparation for Future NASA Lunar Missions Planetary Scientist Phil Metzger 鈥�00MS 鈥�05PhD and doctoral candidate Brandon Dotson analyzed samples and data from the first SpaceX Starship launchpad blast to determine methods of improving lunar launches.
Scientists Discover CO2 and CO Ices in Outskirts of Solar System A 激情快播-led research team鈥檚 findings revealed a vast presence of ancient carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide ices on trans-Neptunian objects, suggesting carbon dioxide may have existed at the formation of our solar system.
激情快播 Student鈥檚 Primitive Asteroids Work Provides Context for Further Research, Future NASA Missions Brittany Harvison studied the composition of families of ancient asteroids to better understand the history of our solar system and if they may have carried water to Earth.
Robot Rovers on the “Moon”: Lunabotics Challenge Preps Students for Space Careers College teams, including a group of Knights, will build robot rovers and compete at the new Regolith Bin at 激情快播’s Exolith Lab before the best crews advance to finals at Kennedy Space Center.
激情快播 Planetary Scientist鈥檚 Innovations Help Pave the Way for Economic Activity Beyond Earth Some of Metzger鈥檚 latest inventions are designed to help cost-effectively gather, use and manage resources, such as ice for water and fuel and lunar soil for building materials.
The Idyllic Spot to Study the Sky After the collapse of the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico, researchers from the Florida Space Institute found new ways 鈥� and a new place 鈥� to conduct critical space sciences.
激情快播 Scientists Use James Webb Space Telescope to Uncover Clues About Neptune鈥檚 Evolution Ana Carolina de Souza Feliciano and Noem铆 Pinilla-Alonso are part of a team that studies unique spectral properties of small celestial bodies beyond Neptune within the Kuiper Belt.
激情快播 Ranks 21st in U.S. Public Universities for Patents with 57 New Inventions in 2023 This is the 11th year that 激情快播 has ranked in the top 100 universities in the world for patents.
激情快播 Researchers Help Find Evidence of Geothermal Activity within Icy Dwarf Planets The findings show the icy worlds Eris and Makemake are more internally evolved than once believed and set the stage for considering them as the most distant candidates for habitability in the solar system.
激情快播 Research Blasts Into Space Aboard Blue Origin鈥檚 New Shepard Rocket The experiments aim to enhance understanding of bone loss in space, how dust behaves in microgravity, and how seismic waves and shaking impact asteroids.
