Team Chargernaut takes first place in NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge
Apr 19, 2018
First two teams in the moon buggy senior design class each designed and fabricated two rovers from the ground up, and then the UAH Team Chargernaut snapped a six-year drought to capture first place in the weather-shortened NASA Human Exploration Ro...
Three UAH researchers receive NASA Group Achievement Honor Award
Oct 18, 2017
Three researchers at UAH – Dave Simmons, Doug Huie, and Patrick Hambloch – were each presented with a NASA Group Achievement Honor Award, which recognizes those individuals who have distinguished themselves by making outstanding contributions t...
Huntsville Celebrates International UAV Day
Jun 22, 2017
Alabama Live (5/7) reports that the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL “celebrated International Drone Day” on Saturday with UAV races; debuting a netted drone flight space; displaying military, commercial, and hobbyist...
Small drones safer near people than was thought, UAH director says on Capitol Hill
Apr 28, 2017
Small drones are safer to operate near people than originally thought, according to research results presented today by the director of the Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC) at UAH to members of the U.S. Congress and indu...
IAF names RSESC researcher Hambloch a Young Space Leader
Apr 24, 2017
A research engineer at the UAH Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC) has been named a Young Space Leader by the International Astronautical Federation (IAF). ...
UAH supplies critical systems for NASA super pressure balloon
Apr 10, 2017
Critical systems for NASA’s Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) Super Pressure Balloon have been supplied and calibrated by UAH. ...
UAH Rotorcraft System Engineering and Simulation Center’s Partnership with Marshall Space Flight Center Successfully Launches
Feb 23, 2017
Photo Credit – NASA The Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), integrated on the Space Test Program Houston 5 (STP-H5), was successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on February 19,th2017 as part of the Cargo Resupply Mission (CRS-10). The LIS ...
Multi-Rotor Drone Propellers with Unparalleled Thrust and Efficiency
Jan 04, 2017
Need longer flight time for your multi-rotor? This is not a rocket science anymore. Master Airscrew (MAS) introduced a new line of aerodynamically optimized ultra high performance propellers for Multi-Rotor drones named - the “MR” series...
Green process to make carbon fiber used in rocket nozzles gets patent
Nov 03, 2016
A new, green process developed by a UAH professor for producing the carbon fiber that forms ablative rocket nozzles and heat shields has been awarded a patent. ...
Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center helps government, industry and students to soar
Oct 31, 2016
Talk with David Arterburn on a short walk through the halls of the Rotorcraft Systems Engineering and Simulation Center (RSESC), in UAH’s Wernher von Braun Research Hall, and you’ll quickly realize the center is about much more than helicopters...
