Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution students Dakotah Karrer and Vincent Rodriguez worked with faculty member Dr. Joseph Morgan and Matt Leonard, president and CEO of Texas Space Technology Applications and Research (T STAR) on a special tube-like experiment station known as Strata-1. (Texas A&M University College of Engineering)…
By Jan McHarg, Texas A&M University College of Engineering A new technology combining a laser beam and a particle beam for interstellar propulsion could pave the way for space exploration into the vast corners of our universe. This is the focus of PROCSIMA, a new research proposal by Dr.
In this handout image provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), NASA astronaut Sandy Magnus mission specialist for space shuttle Atlantis STS-135, takes in the view while sitting in the Cupola addition of the International Space Station July 16, 2011 in space. (NASA/Getty Images) By Christina Sumners, Texas…
Casey Papovich, will test the first official round of James Webb Space Telescope testing before the $8 billion successor to the Hubble Space Telescope launches.
The Texas A&M Computational Physics Group’s Jeff Chancellor ’17 prepares for his inaugural public presentation at Texas A&M Research Computing Week on new research with the potential to revolutionize materials research and biological experiments related to space travel. By Shana K. Hutchins, Texas A&M University College of Science Two years…
Artist’s rendering of KELT-9b (red), illustrated along with the star it orbits, KELT-9, which is more than twice as large and nearly twice as hot as our Sun. (Credit: Robert Hurt, NASA/JPL-Caltech.) By Pam Frost Gorder, Ohio State University EDITOR’S NOTE: Prior to coming to Texas A&M University in…
By Taylor Phillips-Rodriguez, Texas A&M University College of Engineering A Texas A&M University undergraduate capstone design team named Enclave Electronics International recently presented their internet of things (IoT) lunar rover prototype to scientists at the NASA Johnson Space Center in…
Michael Evans is taking his experience in oceanography and studying the carbonates formed on Mars, which will help better our understanding the planet’s aqueous conditions. Next, he’ll be working with NASA engineers to plan future Mars missions.
Artist conception of a supermassive black hole (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.) By Chris Jarvis, Texas A&M University College of Science Texas A&M University astronomer Jonelle Walsh doesn’t sugar-coat things regarding science’s understanding of the mysterious cosmic phenomenon known as supermassive black holes. “There’s simply a lot we don’t know,” Walsh said, with emphasis…