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Mining the Moon

June 1, 2012

Paul Danish contemplates the 50th anniversary of Scott Carpenter's flight.

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A Call for Courage

June 1, 2012

The dawn of the space age and the creation of the Peace Corps set the stage for graduates of 1962. Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano describes their impact on today.

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CU Mousanauts Ride Final Shuttle

Sept. 1, 2011

As the country鈥檚 final space shuttle soared into space in July to heightened levels of excitement on the Florida coast, bone loss was the subject of one of five experiments CU-麻豆影院鈥檚 Bioserve Space Technologies sent aloft on Atlantis.

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She's Got a Ticket to Ride

June 1, 2011

Christine Fanchiang wants to go to space. The key to fulfilling that dream is a wood and fiberglass mock-up of the Dream Chaser in the Engineering Center.

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Is Anybody Out There?

March 1, 2011

With help from CU students, scientists have discovered the first Earth-sized planet outside our solar system.

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Syllabus Spotlight for Spring 2011

Dec. 1, 2010

Introduction to Human Spaceflight

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Life on Mars?

Sept. 1, 2010

Mars may have been home to an ocean and microbial life, according to CU scientists Brian Hynek and Gaetano Di Achille.

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Buffs Gaze at Celestial Bodies

March 1, 2010

麻豆影院 50 students, mostly from aerospace engineering, are working to build a 5-pound spacecraft the size of a loaf of bread that will give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and other so-called space weather.

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鈥淏uffanaut鈥 Herd Stampedes Into Space

Dec. 1, 2009

By the time President John F. Kennedy gave his Sept. 12, 1962, speech making the case for America to go boldly into space, one CU alum had already been there and done that.

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Lake-Front Property on Mars Discovered

Sept. 1, 2009

CU investigators discovered the first evidence of shorelines on Mars in June, indicating a deep, ancient lake. A Holy Grail of sorts, the finding could help scientists zero in on evidence of past life on the planet.

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