NASA reviewing UAH-led proposal for next-generation lunar astrophysics mission
Jan 19, 2017
Next-generation astrophysics research using the moon as home base and UAH as its world-class data center are the goals of a multiyear, $237 million NASA satellite mission proposed by a UAH astrophysicist’s collaborative group. ...
UAH has role in neutron spectrometer being tested for manned spaceflight
Nov 29, 2016
The detector and electronics in a new neutron spectrometer that’s being tested in space to monitor radiation for future manned NASA space missions were built and tested at the National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) at UAH. ...
Daniel wins AGU competition in visualization, story telling
Nov 22, 2016
Mid-December is going to be a busy time for University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) Earth system science major Allison Daniel. ...
GLM launch will cap 36 years from idea to flight for UAH researcher
Nov 18, 2016
Dr. Hugh Christian is getting ready to watch 36 years of work rocket into space as science awaits the opportunity to better monitor the intensity and progress of storms to save lives and property on Earth. ...
UAH seeks science behind Sand Mountain tornadoes
Oct 20, 2016
Squeezed upward over the big toe of the Cumberland foothills, wind flowing north in front of a storm system accelerates over Sand Mountain in the northeastern corner of Alabama – until it hits the far edge. ...
UAH collaboration with NASA has ‘changed the textbooks’
Oct 20, 2016
If it weren’t for the unique and decades-long collaboration between NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) and UAH, Dr. Michael Brigg’s research might not ever have gotten off the ground. ...
New UAH lab seeks answers to particle, cloud mysteries
Oct 06, 2016
A new laboratory at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) is setting out to solve some of the fundamental mysteries about one of the common compounds floating in the atmosphere and what effects (if any) that compound has on climate change. ...
Cross-eyed instrument to help UAH test GLM, study lightning
Oct 06, 2016
Designed to test and validate a lightning sensor set for launch into geostationary orbit in November, a set of sensor "eyes" is nearing completion in labs at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. ...
Four receive UAH New Faculty Research awards
Oct 04, 2016
Four new tenure-track faculty members at UAH will share $39,701 in 2016-17 New Faculty Research awards from UAH's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. ...
UAH team readies GLM test unit
Sep 15, 2016
Two pieces of hardware designed to test the next three Geostationary Lightning Mappers (GLM) before they launch have been completed in UAH's Earth System Science Center and shipped to Lockheed Martin. ...