Featured Project: Ion the Young Shuttle
Did you read space-themed books as a kid? Interests pique at young ages, and a book might be the thing that turns someone into a…
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Deflecting Existential Risk with Space Colonization
The first living organism on Earth emerged approximately three and a half billion years ago. Since then, life has evolved into countless forms and colonized…
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How to Settle the Solar System
Space is marvelous but hostile. If humans intend to be spacefaring, we must identify and overcome major obstacles before colonizing our solar system. Some think…
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Religion and Space Colonization
Religion and science are typically thought of as being like oil and water: they don’t mix well. But some individuals consider the intersection of…
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Helping Hand: From Short Story to Love, Death & Robots
How would you feel if a short story you wrote became an episode in a high-profile Netflix series? That’s what happened to Claudine Griggs…
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Swarms of Satellites: Miniaturizing Space Exploration
Swarms of small satellites and robots will revolutionize our exploration of the cosmos. That’s the vision behind ongoing miniaturization efforts in the field of aerospace…
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Featured Project: Space Origami
Space Origami is a team of science and engineering students that plans to use DNA to construct three-dimensional structures in outer space. After winning support…
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Finger-painted Nebulae
With regards to space art, one doesn’t typically think of finger-painting. Instead, photography or even music are more expected mediums. But space finger-paintings do…
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Spaceflight History: Of Rockets and Nazis
It is common knowledge that the Cold War fueled the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Less known, perhaps, is that…
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Featured Project: Alabama Rocket Engineering Systems
The student-led Alabama Rocket Engineering Systems (ARES) plans to shoot rockets off the surface of the Earth. Besides giving university students valuable opportunities to…
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