Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)

  • Steve Jolly and Scott Palo
    Congratulations to Steve Jolly and Scott Palo for being recognized with 2019 College of Engineering and Applied Science Distinguished Engineering Alumni Awards (DEAA). DEAA honors graduates and friends who have distinguished themselves through
  • Jay McMahon
    Jay McMahon has earned a NASA early career fellowship to help ensure future missions to Mars can land safely. McMahon, an assistant professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado
  • Earth from space.
    Only a few years ago, the astronomy and heliophysics communities were skeptical about whether CubeSats could reliably obtain scientific data. But these breadloaf-size satellites have proven their ability to return useful data. During the American
  • Lightning strikes the Earth viewed from space.
    A lightning strike releases an incredible amount of energy, most of it felt on Earth’s surface, but some of that energy travels up, far above the clouds and into space, and a new satellite is being designed by the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ to map the phenomenon. Professor Bob Marshall has received a four-year, $1.2 million National Science Foundation grant to develop...
  • The asteroid Bennu
    Research led by ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ is revealing the Alice in Wonderland-like physics that govern gravity near the surface of the asteroid Bennu.  The new findings are part of a suite of papers published today by the team behind NASA’s Origins, Spectral
  • Tomoko Matsuo
    Assistant Professor Tomoko Matsuo has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation for her work on the predictability of the atmosphere from the ground to near-Earth space.These prestigious awards support early career
  • ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ campus.
    The College of Engineering and Applied Science at the ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ remains a powerhouse institution for graduate engineering education, ranking No. 17 in the nation among public universities and No. 31 overall, according to data
  • An aurora.
    Researchers at ¾«Æ·SMÔÚÏßӰƬ are starting work on a new collaborative grant from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) that will improve solar wind modeling. The team at CU is led by the Space Weather Technology,
  • Bennu
    The Space Shot podcast interviews Distinguished Professor Dan Scheeres about the OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return mission. Scheeres is leading radio science on the mission. OSIRIS-REx launched in September 2016 and has traveled more than one
  • Visualization of Earth's magnetic field.
    The Earth’s magnetic field is constantly changing, so researchers need constantly updated data to revise the models that guide our navigation systems and help predict weather on Earth. CU researchers Bob Marshall and Svenja Knappe are collaborating
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