Alumna Engineer Served in Launch Room for Artemis I
Alora Mazarakis (’21) will have something unforgettable to be thankful for when she joins her family for Thanksgiving next week: a successful Artemis launch.
On launch day, you…
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Embry-Riddle Astronomer Helps Analyze Stunning New Stardust Image
Just as a rock thrown into a pond creates an undulating pattern of circular ripples, some double star systems called binaries can push rings of dust into space as one star orbits around…
Eagle-Designed Space Drones Target In-Orbit Construction
What if vehicles could be assembled in space without human supervision? What if autonomous spacecraft could conduct routine maintenance and inspections on satellites, while flying in…
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Eagles Launch Tech Aboard NASA Rockets From Virginia, the Arctic
Researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Space and Atmospheric Instrumentation Lab (SAIL) took part in two recent NASA sounding rocket launches — one in far-north…
Attention, Freshmen! Boeing Scholar Offers Tips To Help You Thrive
With two internships under his belt and a Boeing Scholarship to his name, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Aerospace Engineering senior Alijah McDonald is closer now than ever before…
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Eagle Named to Aviation Week’s 20 Twenties Sends Message of Hope to Women in STEM
Grace Robertson has always been one of the few women in the room throughout her training to become a space industry worker — and that makes sense, considering that women represent…
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Concussion-Detecting Helmets, 3D Printing Software Among Innovations Presented at Eagle Startup Showcase
The first commercially available suborbital balloon technology, sensors embedded in sports helmets that can detect concussions in real time and design/simulation software for 3D printing…
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Eagles Take Ride of a Lifetime Aboard NASA’s Flying Observatory
Students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University recently had the rare opportunity to travel aboard the world’s largest flying observatory, NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory…
Better Than a Blockbuster Movie: New James Webb Space Telescope Imagery Explained
The recent release of never-before-seen imagery from the James Webb Space Telescope — which featured glimpses of colliding galaxies and nebulas up to 13 billion light years away…
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Commercial Space Exec: Hands-On Work Can Launch Careers
Tyler Grinnell (’08) worked at Kennedy Space Center while he was still an Aerospace Engineering student at Embry-Riddle, juggling a full load of classes.
“That was a dream…
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Aerospace Engineering Ph.D. Program Gets $840,000 Boost From U.S. Department of Education
Fourteen Aerospace Engineering doctoral students at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University were recently supported with funds from an $840,000 GAANN (Graduate Assistance in Areas of National…
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Saluting Our Future Space Leaders: Eagle Cadets Chosen Among First in Nation for Prestigious Army Training
The nation’s first two ROTC Cadets selected to officially attend the U.S. Army’s Air and Space Basic Course will be from the Army ROTC program at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical…
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NASA Discovery Earns Eagle ‘Full Ride' National Science Foundation Fellowship
As a first-generation college student, everything about the process of embarking on the journey of higher education was “absolutely terrifying” to Giovanni Bacon.
“Everything…
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International Space Innovation Team Advances to NASA Finals
A student team representing all three campuses of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as well as the Politecnico di Milano, a prestigious university in Italy, has designed a system…
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What Does Spaceflight Feel Like? Student Tells All
Astronauts typically experience a gravitational force (G-force) of around three, or three times Earth’s G-force, during launch and re-entry. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University…
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