This is a reminder that Mary Lara and Ed Anderson do a lot of stuff in the community that is often invisible. But this time David spotted them! Congratulations and thank you, Ed and Mary!
DeMiguel Elementary School proudly launched its first “Space Week”
from May 6-10, inviting K-5 students and staff to embark on an exciting space exploration journey.
To kick off Space… Read more
Not many people in the world can say that something they built is orbiting Mars—especially not college students. Soon, a cross-disciplinary team of about 35 NAU students—most studying planetary science, astronomy, mechanical engineering or electrical engineering—led by faculty members at NAU will be able to claim that accomplishment. The team’s VISIONS (VISible and Infrared ObservatioN System) camera is… Read more
A Flagstaff team made up of NAU and Flagstaff-based engineers, scientists and fire professionals has been selected to advance to the next stage of the Space-based Detection and Intelligence Track of the XPRIZE Wildfire competition.
The team proposes to put a ‘constellation’ of 90 small satellites into Earth orbit equipped with heat-seeking sensors built at Northern Arizona University. The network would continuously monitor wildfire-prone areas in parts of the Southwest including Flagstaff and the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and Alaska.
“Citizen scientists perform a great service in identifying potential active asteroids in archival data, but to further study all of the active asteroids discovered in this project, we spent many nights observing them with ground-based telescopes to better understand their behavior,” said Chad Trujillo, NASA principal investigator and NAU department of astronomy and planetary sciences associate professor.