Research on fusion engine that could be a Mars hot rod is AIAA Best Paper
May 05, 2015
You could call a fusion engine a space travel hot rod. A 2014 paper that reports on developments in pulsed fusion propulsion that could rapidly propel U.S. manned flights to Mars has been named by the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronaut...
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Blast From the Past – Opening a Rocketry Time Capsule
Mar 19, 2015
UAH's Propulsion Research Center is preparing for its 25th anniversary next year, and the experimental roots of its faculty run even deeper. In 1956, 16-year-old Jimmy Blackmon did a very unusual thing for that time. He built a rocket from scratch ...
Von Braun Memorial Symposium sees record number of student poster entries
Oct 30, 2014
A record number of students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) entered the student poster competition at the seventh Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium held on the campus Oct. 27-29. A total of 43 students representing every coll...
Successful Prometheus rocket launch prompts UAH celebration
Jul 01, 2014
The successful June 21 launch of Prometheus, a Charger Rocket Works student-built rocket, was celebrated by the UAH Propulsion Research Center with a barbecue dinner Monday, June 30, at Johnson Research Center on campus. University officials on ...
Congrats ChargerSat-1 Team!
Dec 03, 2013
The Propulsion Research Center would like to formally congratulate the UAH Space Hardware Club (SHC) on their completion and launching of ChargerSat1, an entirely student-built CubeSat. This project began as an application for the CubeSat Launc...
Charger Rocket Works Team Makes Noise Again!
Dec 02, 2013
Wednesday morning (11/27/13) the Charger Rocket Works (CRW) team, which operates under the Propulsion Research Center banner, learned of their acceptance in the 8th NASA Student Launch Competition. The team had one week to produce a proposal for the ...
Dr. Gang Wang: AIAA Associate Fellow
Oct 22, 2013
Dr. Gang Wang: AIAA Associate Fellow Dr. Gang Wang The Propulsion Research Center congratulates Dr. Gang Wang on his appointment as an AIAA Associate Fellow. This fellowship is awarded to those “who have...
Dr. Ken Zuo: AIAA Associate Fellow
Oct 18, 2013
October 18, 2013 The PRC would like to congratulate Dr. Ken Zuo on his recent appointment as an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow. According to the AIAA, the "AIAA Associate Fellows are individuals of...
PRC Participation in the 6th Wernher Von Braun Symposium
Oct 18, 2013
PRC Participation in the 6th Wernher Von Braun Memorial Symposium The 6th Wernher Von Braun Memorial Symposium took place on the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus from October 7-10, 2013. Four PRC students participated in the symposium’s ...
UAH’s Propulsion Research Center gains national acclaim, again – Popular Science
Jan 04, 2013
Huntsville, Ala. (August 28, 2011) — The Propulsion Research Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville has again gained national acclaim by being named the third “Most Awesome Lab in 2011” by Popular Science magazine as part of its “B...
