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AAS: "A Conversation With Science Editor Gary Zank"

Aug 19, 2020

In this video, Gary Zank chats about his research and his role as a Scientific Editor for the American Academy of Sciences Journals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PjeuaXB6Y...


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NASA awards its Exceptional Public Achievement Medal to Dr. Michael Briggs

Aug 10, 2020

NASA has awarded its Exceptional Public Achievement Medal for sustained performance that embodies multiple contributions on NASA projects, programs or initiatives to Dr. Michael S. Briggs, an assistant director of the Center for Space Plasma and Ae...


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David E. Howard inducted into Inventors Hall of Fame

Jun 24, 2020

University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH) alumnus David E. Howard has been inducted into the NASA Technology Transfer Program’s Inventors Hall of Fame (IHOF). Howard worked as a civil servant for NASA at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) for 34...


Plasma Science Decadal Stresses Coordination Gaps and Workforce Instabilities

Plasma Science Decadal Stresses Coordination Gaps and Workforce Instabilities

Jun 16, 2020

The National Academies decadal assessment of plasma science released last month describes funding and workforce instabilities that threaten the status of the U.S. as a world leader in the field. It recommends that federal science ...


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UAH looks beyond the sky again with central space science role in two NASA missions

Feb 14, 2022

Fresh off successful direct involvement in NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and Parker Solar Probe (PSP) in roles that included optics, hardware, software, testing analytics, computational modeling and big data processing and disseminatio...


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UAH scientists brave curses, spooky anomalies to unravel secrets at Skinwalker Ranch

May 26, 2020

Two intrepid explorers from The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) visited an extraordinary place last summer to perform experiments for a research team participating in a docu-series called “The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch.” ...


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Unique alumni-crafted model of Parker Solar Probe finds CSPAR home

Feb 26, 2020

A unique model of NASA’s Parker Solar Probe (PSP) is now on permanent display at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) in the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) in C...


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CSPAR has central modeling role in IMAP mission to launch in 2024

Feb 10, 2020

The Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at UAH will be central to the modeling and data crunching that follow the scheduled launch of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission in 2024. ...


CSPAR's Dr. Gary Zank Featured by Huntsville News Stations

CSPAR's Dr. Gary Zank Featured by Huntsville News Stations

Feb 05, 2020

Dr. Gary Zank's role in analyzing the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter data was featured by a few Huntsville news stations yesterday. Below are links to the articles.   WHNT News 19: https://whnt.com/2020/02/04/uah-research-team-prep...


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UAH and Zank prep for massive data stream following coming launch of ESA Solar Orbiter

Feb 04, 2020

UAH will have a major role in exploring an expected massive data stream that will follow launch of the European Space Agency (ESA) Solar Orbiter, a mission that will fly over the sun’s poles and on which UAH’s Dr. Gary Zank is a co-primary inve...


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