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...
UAH leads $3.2 million solar software model effort to aid in space weather predictions
Sep 01, 2020
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and NASA have awarded $3.2 million over three years to development of open-source solar atmosphere and inner heliosphere software models useful to predict space weather, a project led by The University of Alaba...
Dr. Ying Zou, Assistant Professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research
Aug 31, 2020
Written by Katherine MacGilvray When asked what makes the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) a desirable institution for space physicists, Dr. Ying Zou, Assistant Professor in the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (C...
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...
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...
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
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 ...
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.” ...
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...
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. ...
