Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)

  • CIRBE being deployed in orbit.
    The CIRBE CubeSat is live from space after a successful launch and deployment. CIRBE, the Colorado Inner Radiation Belt Experiment nano satellite, is a joint project of the Laboratory for Atmospheric...
  • Earth from space
      A multi-university research team, including engineers and physicists from 91¸£ÀûÉç, will build technology and tools to improve measurement of important climate factors by observing atoms in outer space.  The new Quantum Pathways
  • Scott Palo
    Professor Scott Palo has been elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). Palo is the Charles Victor Schelke Endowed Professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences and a former
  • Janus renderings
    Dan Scheeres was interviewed by SpaceNews.com on progress and setbacks with the Janus asteroid probe mission. Scheeres, a distinguished professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is the the principal
  • Lakshmi Kantha
    Lakshmi Kantha was interviewed by NBC News for a new piece on the category system used to measure hurricanes. Kantha, a professor emeritus in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is an expert in ocean-atmosphere
  • Jay McMahon
    Associate Professor Jay McMahon was featured in an article on NASA's DART mission, which successfully crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos yesterday. The piece, in the Christian Science Monitor, was written ahead of the collision. It outlines goals
  • Members of the Experimental Aerodynamics Laboratory team.
    The Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the 91¸£ÀûÉç had another big year for research funding, bringing in nearly $48 million in awards. The fiscal year 2022 number totals $47,834,766. It is the...
  • Artist's depiction of the DART spacecraft about to slam into the asteroid Dimorphos.
    On Monday just after 5 p.m. Mountain Time, a NASA spacecraft called the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is set to crash and burn—on purpose. The spacecraft is aiming for a pair of asteroids orbiting around each other millions of miles
  • The Aerospace Building
    The College of Engineering and Applied Science gained a spot U.S. News and World Report’s Best Undergraduate Engineering rankings this year, coming in at No. 17 among public institution peers. Six degree programs in the college also earned
  • Jade Morton
    Jade Morton has been announced as the recipient of the 2022 American Geophysical Union Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) Award. The SPARC Award is presented annually to a senior scientist for
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