UAH Students work with Vector to develop spark ignitor for Vector-R launch vehicle
Aug 08, 2017
UAH along with Vector, a space access company lowering the barriers to getting assets and ideas into space, today announced the successful test of the company’s second-stage engine, which includes a next-generation prototype of the spark-torch ig...
UAH to host 10th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium from Oct. 24 to 26
Aug 07, 2017
UAH is hosting the 10th annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium in the Charger Union Theater on the UAH campus from Oct. 24 to 26, 2017. The event, which brings together high-ranking government and corporate officials from the aerospace communi...
UAH designated Center of Academic Excellence in geospatial sciences
Aug 01, 2017
The Department of Atmospheric Science at UAH has been named a Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in geospatial sciences by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the U.S. Geological Survey. ...
UAH part of team researching tropical trees hit by lightning
Jul 13, 2017
Trees and lightning generally don't play well together. However, while many trees struck by lightning explode or ignite or are otherwise instantly killed, other trees (especially in the tropics) seem less effected by lightning strikes and live for ...
UAH team plans solar eclipse trip to study eclipse-related weather
Jul 06, 2017
In August, a team of researchers and students from UAH will join scientists and tourists from around the world streaming into the path of a total solar eclipse that will span the U.S. from coast to coast. ...
