Trailblazers on NASA’s Apollo Moon Missions Share Insights With Students
Students at Embry-Riddle recently had the opportunity to learn from two critical members of the U.S. Apollo moon missions: Bob Nance and Frances “Poppy” Northcutt.
Both…
President of Student Professional Group Champions Sustainable Space Exploration
Christian Villanueva’s desire to protect Earth begins with space.
Villanueva, who graduated with a B.S. in Space Operations this month, is president of Embry-Riddle’s Society…
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Fall Commencement Ceremonies Prepare Embry-Riddle Grads for Liftoff
Chancellor’s Award winner Jaqueline Peterson, who earned her bachelor’s in Aeronautics, served as the Prescott Campus graduating class speaker.
More than 900 Embry-Riddle…
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Entrepreneur, Astronaut, Aviator and Alum Jared Isaacman Inspires Embry-Riddle Grads to Pursue ‘Moonshots’
At Embry-Riddle’s Fall 2024 undergraduate commencement ceremony, alumnus and astronaut Jared Isaacman challenged nearly 600 new graduates to “reach for the stars and create…
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Embry-Riddle Aerospace Engineering Student Named to Glamour’s ‘College Women of the Year’ 2024 Class
During her academic career at Embry-Riddle, Madison Newbell has completed three top internships, including one at the Federal Aviation Administration, and has been named a prestigious…
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Embry-Riddle Alum and Astronaut Jared Isaacman Nominated to Lead NASA
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University alumnus Jared Isaacman — who recently commanded the Polaris Dawn mission where he completed the first-ever civilian spacewalk — has…
Lightning in a Bottle: Embry-Riddle Team Seeks the Origins of Its Spark
Sparking the Next Generation
The NSF grant awarded to Dr. Riousset also includes the creation of a self-guided, open-access course that seeks to prepare learners of all levels to conduct…
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Embry-Riddle Partners on Florida University Space Research Consortium
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has joined the Florida University Space Research Consortium, a new state research entity launched by Space Florida, the state’s independent…
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Embry-Riddle Student Group Researching Space Operations Lands Papers in Top Journals
Embry-Riddle graduate researcher Brian Baker-McEvilly has published a comprehensive review of space initiatives being undertaken in the region between the Earth and moon in the prestigious…
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Embry-Riddle Student Researcher Earns NASA FINESST Grant to Study the Stars
Erin Abraham has earned a NASA FINESST grant for her research investigating massive binary stars and their companion stars. (Photo: Embry-Riddle/Erin Abraham) Engineering Physics graduate…
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Grant Funding Powers Student Research Abroad
Before starting a summer internship at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Skylar Butler had the rare opportunity to tour…
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Eagle-Built Tech to Provide New Atmospheric Imagery, Thanks to NSF Funding
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $1 million grant to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Dr. Alan Liu to expand a meteor radar network named CONDOR in Chile,…
International Student Finds New Flight Path at Embry-Riddle
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University student Teshome Shenkut Teshome always knew he wanted to be a pilot.
Inspired by his grandfather Giday Estifanos, who was an Ethiopian Air Force…
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Embry-Riddle Alumnus Jared Isaacman Performs First-Ever Civilian Spacewalk During Historic Polaris Dawn Mission
Isaacman meets with Embry-Riddle President P. Barry Butler, Ph.D., during a visit to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2022. (Photo: Embry-Riddle)
Jared Isaacman, Embry-Riddle…
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Polaris Dawn Mission Carries Two Embry-Riddle Projects Aboard
A multi-camera system developed by Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University researchers is flying aboard the Polaris Program's Polaris Dawn mission, which launched this morning from Launch…
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