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Embry-Riddle researchers are testing next-generation spacesuits, calculating the cost of rocket launches to airlines, unraveling complex atmospheric events that affect satellites, and pioneering new technology to keep astronauts safe in space. From designing autonomous `asteroid-hopping’ spacecraft to exploring the legal implications of space business, Embry-Riddle is supporting a new era of exploration.
Undergraduate Featured at National Research Showcase
Aerospace Physiology junior John Veracka recently gave tips to a freshman biology class for how to get started on a research project. “Reach out! Ask questions! Set up a meeting…
Posted In: Applied Science | Research | Space
Blood Condition Only Fuels Eagle’s Dreams of Outer Space
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University freshman Maya Benson has always wanted to be an astronaut. Being diagnosed of sickle cell beta thalassemia shortly after birth, however, meant that…
Posted In: Engineering | Space
L3Harris Technologies, Eagles Send 3D Printed Devices to the International Space Station
When Northrop Grumman's Cygnus-15 vehicle rocketed skyward on Feb. 20, bound for the International Space Station (ISS), its 8,000 pounds of cargo included a 3D printed electronics experiment…
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Embry-Riddle Alumnus Jared Isaacman One of Two Eagles to Crew First-Ever Civilian Spaceflight
Later this year, the first-ever rocket crewed entirely by civilians will launch into outer space — and half of its crew will be made up of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
Posted In: Aviation | Institutional News | Space
Eagles’ Lunar Rover Design Published by National Journal
Because the moon spins almost perpendicular to the sun, craters at its polar regions receive no sunlight. Within these dark depressions may be enough water to help sustain manned lunar…
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Eagle Wins NASA Space Life Sciences Training Scholarship
Update, March 31: Since publishing this story, Aerospace Physiology junior Oliva Siu has also won a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship. Of an estimated 5,000 total applicants, she was…
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Embry-Riddle Alumna Helps Unravel Key Mysteries of Rare Stars
Within the constellation Cygnus, an elderly star and its massive companion are having one last hurrah, flinging off mass at an incredible rate before they explode as supernovae and…
Eagle Rebuilds Her Life, Looks to the ‘Beauty’ of Numbers
Space Physics senior Sydni Bond never set out to be a role model. After all, she had struggles of her own to deal with. She’s been homeless more than once, lived in poverty, survived…
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NASA’s `30 Celestial Gems’ Include Two Images by Embry-Riddle Astronomer
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA released 30 galleries of dazzling celestial images – including two captured by Embry-Riddle Physics and Astronomy…
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Naval ROTC Inventor Takes on Elite Air Force Space Challenge
A startup company launched by a Naval ROTC faculty member on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Daytona Beach Campus was the only Florida business to participate in the recent…
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Eagle Alumna Wins NASA Trailblazer Award for Work on Manned Rocket Mission
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumna Nathalie Quintero ('15) was one of two early-career systems engineers at The Boeing Company to earn NASA’s Space Flight Awareness Trailblazer…
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Six Eagles Represent First Embry-Riddle Cohort to Commission into U.S. Space Force
Five seniors on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus, and one student from the Daytona Beach Campus, are taking part in a momentous development in history. As…
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Eagles Research How Emerging Space Industry Will Impact National Airspace
As the space industry develops, two Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students have had the opportunity to take part in real-world research exploring how the emergence of commercial…
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Eagles Partner Across the Globe to Plan Mission to Asteroid Belt
As part of a NASA design competition, students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University completed in March a nine-month campaign to design a conceptual mission to Mars, including building…
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Eagles to Land First Student Project on Moon to Snap Selfie of Lunar Landing
Embry-Riddle is partnering with NASA commercial payload provider Intuitive Machines to send a camera to space that will capture the first-ever selfie of a spacecraft touching down on…
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