2019-08-13 16:14:12 NASA’s MMS Finds First Interplanetary Shock Details Published: 13 August 2019 The Magnetospheric Multiscale mission has found it's first interplanetary shock. NASA posted an informative article about the discovery here. The event and results were recently published in a paper co-authored by CSPAR's Dr. Gary Zank in the … 2019-04-15 22:08:10 Parisa Mostafavi Awarded UAH College of Science Graduate Research Award Details Published: 15 April 2019 On April 9th, Parisa Mostafavi was awarded the UAH College of Science Graduate Research Award at the 2019 Honors Day. The Graduate Research Award is given to an outstanding graduate student who has conducted leading edge research, published … 2019-03-07 19:46:02 UAH scientists getting first look at trove of data from Parker Solar Probe Details Published: 07 March 2019 Now orbiting the sun, the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is streaming an incredibly large amount of data from the Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) instrument suite to NASA and then to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), where … Read more » 2019-02-27 17:22:34 Alabama Space Grant Consortium to build first collaborative CubeSat Details Published: 27 February 2019 An effort by Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) members to design and build the first in a planned series of statewide collaborative cube satellites (CubeSats) will be the focus of a workshop Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Educator … 2019-02-13 15:14:28 Dr. Bhat honored for gamma-ray astronomy contributions Details Published: 13 February 2019 The Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Alumni Association in Mumbai, India has presented Dr. Narayana Bhat, a research scientist at UAH Center for Space Plasma and Astronomic Research (CSPAR), with its TAA Excellence Award for … Read more » 2019-01-10 15:40:35 Five UAH programs ranked among the nation’s top 25 by NSF Details Published: 10 January 2019 The National Science Foundation released their latest survey of federally financed research expenditures, and five programs at UAH continue to be ranked among the top 25 in the nation. These include the … Read more » 2019-01-07 17:33:11 Dr. Gary Zank Talks Parker Solar Mission Details Published: 07 January 2019 Dr. Gary Zank - Program Director for the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research - recently sat down with WHNT's Steve Johnson to discuss the Parker Solar Mission. See the interview … 2018-11-01 16:50:29 ASGC gears up to build first collaborative CubeSat to measure gamma-ray bursts Details Published: 01 November 2018 An effort by Alabama Space Grant Consortium (ASGC) members to design and build the first in a planned series of statewide collaborative cube satellites (CubeSats) will be the focus of a workshop Nov. 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Educator … Read more » 2018-10-15 14:43:10 Von Braun Memorial Symposium and Memorial Dinner set Oct. 23-25 Details Published: 15 October 2018 "Galvanizing U.S. Leadership in Space" is the theme of the American Astronautical Society’s 11th Annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium Oct. 23-25 in Charger Union Theater at UAH, an event being held in conjunction with UAH and NASA … Read more » 2018-09-24 13:55:16 NAS taps CSPAR director to head decadal survey for plasma physics Details Published: 24 September 2018 Dr. Gary Zank, director of UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) and chair of the Department of Space Science, has been named by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to co-chair a committee performing a decadal survey for … Read more » 123...56789...