CSPAR gains two scale models of spacecraft crucial to its work, courtesy of UAH alumnus
Sep 12, 2024
Two scale models of spacecraft that provide research data to The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) have joined a Parker Solar Probe model on prominent display at CSPAR offices in Cramer...
EXCLUSIVE: Former UAH student returns for inspirational donation
Sep 12, 2024
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Blake Parker, a NASA engineer returned Wednesday to the campus where his space exploration dreams began to provide a special gift for UAH’s Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR). The 2013 UAH graduate...
UAH researcher wins NASA FINESST scholarship to study connection between solar wind turbulence and energetic particles
Aug 30, 2024
Ashok Silwal, a doctoral candidate and graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, has been chosen to receive a NASA Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Scie...
UAH TERMINUS student team successfully launches NASA RockSat-X payload into space
Aug 28, 2024
Team TERMINUS from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, successfully launched a student-developed payload aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket that featured two experiments designe...
UAH researcher wins $750K EPSCoR
Aug 05, 2024
Dr. Sukanya Chakrabarti at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has won a $750,000 Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) award to support STROBE-X, a planned $1 billion probe-class NASA observatory that aims to unl...
First-time UAH study sheds new light on mystery of why solar corona is so much hotter than Sun’s surface
Jul 26, 2024
In a new study published in the The Astrophysical Journal, a researcher from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, explores critical aspects of a phenomenon called kinetic Alfvén waves (KAW) to ...
UAH TERMINUS student group set to launch biggest, most advanced spacecraft with NASA
Jul 25, 2024
This August, a student team at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of the University of Alabama System, is set to launch its biggest payload yet into the upper atmosphere from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va...
Professor Newchurch Receives NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal in April 2024 for his in Air-Quality and Atmospheric-Chemistry Research
Jul 24, 2024
Prof. Michael Newchurch, faculty in the Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science and a principal investigator in the Earth System Science Center at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), received the NASA Exceptional Public Service Medal...
UAH promotion, tenure awards for 2024-2025 year given to 25 outstanding faculty members
Jun 07, 2024
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recognized 25 faculty members for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by awarding them tenure and/or promotion starting with the 2024-2025 academic year. ...
UAH engineering students top NASA HERC Rover Challenge for second consecutive year
Apr 24, 2024
For the second year in a row, engineering students from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, a part of the University of Alabama System, have captured first place in the NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) competition. ...