Embry-Riddle Researchers to Launch Rockets Into Solar Eclipse as Part of NASA Mission
On Earth, an otherworldly twilight at midday, a sudden temperature drop, dead-calm winds and a chorus of birdsong can be expected when the moon blocks the sun during a total solar eclipse…
Four New Research Grants to Help Solve Key Mysteries of Space
Major research funding, newly awarded to investigators at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, will support a space weather sensor that also might be capable of detecting orbital debris,…
Embry-Riddle Celebrates Historic Moon Landing
Cheers roared through the Mori Hosseini Student Union Thursday night, Feb. 22, at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as students, faculty and staff watched Intuitive Machines’…
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EagleCam Updates: Public Comments by Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus
During a NASA, Intuitive Machines Moon Mission update, captured on YouTube, Intuitive Machines CEO Steve Altemus said today:
“With respect to EagleCam — what an amazing…
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We Have Liftoff! EagleCam Successfully Launches Into Space, Bound for the Moon
Years in the making, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University’s miniature satellite camera system, called “EagleCam,” successfully left Earth in the early hours of Thursday,…
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Launch Imminent: SpaceX Mission to the Moon Will Have Embry-Riddle Payload Onboard
*Update (Feb. 14): After this story's original publication, the SpaceX launch was rescheduled to 1:05 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.
Years in the making, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s…
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Students Teaching Students: How to Study the Stars
When Katie Casciotti was a freshman on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott Campus, upperclassmen took her under their wing. They taught her how to use the telescope…
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Embry-Riddle Researchers Work to Improve Astronauts’ Ocular Health
Astronauts commonly suffer eye damage after spaceflight, with 70% of them affected by a condition called neuro-ocular syndrome (SANS), which is caused by exposure to microgravity environments…
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Embry-Riddle Ph.D. Student Brings Top-Notch Experience to Space Research
When Kyle Vernyi started his doctoral program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University this past fall, he had already completed two exciting internships at NASA’s Glenn Research…
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Human Factors Student Presents Radiation Research on Global Stage
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate student Carol Mitchell admits to being both excited and nervous while traveling halfway around the world recently to present her research…
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Micro Drones, Autonomous Composting Bins and Mixed-Reality Gaming Top Embry-Riddle’s Annual Entrepreneurship Expo
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s ninth-annual TREP Expo presented its first Veteran Entrepreneurs Award to Limitless Aeronautics for the company’s micro uncrewed air…
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Embry-Riddle President Addresses Aerospace Workforce Needs
The need to cultivate Florida’s aerospace talent pool, particularly those skilled in maintenance, was a focus of remarks by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University President P. Barry…
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New Satellite Mission Control Center to Prep Embry-Riddle Students for Space Careers
Every operational satellite currently orbiting Earth — over 4,800, according to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs — is being operated by a human in a satellite…
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NASA, Blue Origin Support Embry-Riddle Rocket-Testing Partnership with Morgan State University
At Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott, Arizona, campus, students this month tested rocket components with their Morgan State University (MSU) peers.
The Rocketry…
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Polaris Dawn Crew Meets Eagles, Inspects Camera System to Use in 2024 Space Mission
While engineering a camera to capture a spacewalk, notoriously one of the most dangerous feats carried out by astronauts, a team of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University students focused…
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