Category: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering
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Apollo 15 at 50: A celebration of the all-Michigan crew’s mission and the future of space exploration
July 30 virtual event highlights future lunar and deep space missions, the technologies to get there, and U-M’s research contributions to space exploration.
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Apollo 15 — 50th anniversary
The all U-M crew was the U.S. Apollo program’s fourth lunar landing, and the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle.
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Answers Inc. – A brief history of U-M’s Space Physics Research Laboratory
For 75 years, SPRL has sent instruments skyward to help us better understand Earth, space, our sun and more.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 19-23
Highlights include the CBC and MLive.
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The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites
In The Conversation, Chris Ruf explains how CYGNSS can find the source ocean microplastics and aid in future clean up.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts July 5-9
Highlights include The Verge and The Washington Post.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts June 28-July 2
Highlights include CNBC, The Washington Post and Bridge Michigan.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts June 21-25
Highlights include Vox and the New York Times.
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‘Doomsday Glacier’ may be more stable than initially feared
Study sheds light on the future of the massive Thwaites Glacier.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts June 14-18
Highlights include Popular Science, CNet and Science Alert
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Tracking ocean microplastics from space
Satellites give new insights on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plus sources and flows of ocean microplastic.
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In the news: Michigan Engineering experts May 24-28
Highlights include Bloomberg, New York Times and the Detroit News.