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UND NEWS BLOG UND’s Al Palmer attends major UAS conference in Turkey
University getting worlds attention about training prowess, opportunities Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Al Plamer, Mr. UAS at the University of North Dakota, is spreading the word around the world about unman...
Posted on 4/10/13 at 4:18 PM
NASA Builds Menu for Planned Mars Mission in 2030s
HOUSTON (AP) — Through a labyrinth of hallways deep inside a 1960s-era building that has housed research that dates back to the early years of U.S. space travel, a group of scientists in white coats is stirring, mixing, measuring, brushing and, most important, tasting the end result of their cooking.
By Ramit Plushnick-Masti , July 17, 2012
Viewers Pack UND Observatory for Venus Transit
GRAND FORKS (WDAZ-TV) - The planet Venus transitioned over the sun this evening for the last time in the next 100 years.
By Melanie Orlins , June 06, 2012
VIDEO: Astronauts Enter World's 1st Private Supply Ship
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Space station astronauts floated into the Dragon on Saturday, a day after its heralded arrival as the world's first commercial supply ship.
By Marcia Dunn , May 26, 2012
Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives at NYC Airport
NEW YORK (AP) — Look! Up in the sky! It's a ... space shuttle?
An unusual flying object came to New York from Washington on Friday — the space shuttle Enterprise.
By Deepti Hajela , April 27, 2012
Company Unveils Plan to Mine Asteroids for Riches
SEATTLE (AP) — Space-faring robots could be extracting gold and platinum from asteroids within 10 years if a new venture backed by two Silicon Valley titans and filmmaker James Cameron gets off the ground as planned.
By Donna Blankinship, Seth Borenstein , April 24, 2012
Amazon CEO Wants to Raise Sunken Apollo 11 Engines
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than four decades, the powerful engines that helped boost the Apollo 11 mission to the moon have rested in the Atlantic. Now Internet billionaire and space enthusiast Jeff Bezos wants to raise at least one of them to the surface.
By Alicia Chang , March 29, 2012
NASA: Space Station May be Evacuated by Late November
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week's Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall.
By Marcia Dunn , August 29, 2011
White House: First Familty to Attend Shuttle Launch
President Barack Obama and his family will attend next week's launch of Endeavour, NASA's next-to-last space shuttle flight commanded by the husband of critically wounded Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
By Marcia Dunn , April 20, 2011
Space Shuttle Discovery Blasts Off on Final Voyage
Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time Thursday, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey that marks the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.
By Marcia Dunn , February 24, 2011
SpaceX Is First Private Company to Return Spacecraft from Orbit
NASA took a giant leap away from the spaceflight business Wednesday as a private company launched a spacecraft into orbit and for the first time guided it safely back to Earth, a feat previously achieved only by large national governments.
By Associated Press , December 08, 2010
UND's Remote Plane Taking Pictures Of Oslo's Flood Zone
It's a first for the country as UND and the FAA team up to do research on a flooding river basin.
The FAA has given UND a certificate of authorization to fly its scan eagle remote operated plane over Oslo's flood zone to take pictures of flooding.
March 26, 2010
UND Aerospace Scores Big International Training Contract
UND has landed another major international training contract. This time it's to train air traffic controllers from Norway.
March 10, 2010
Landing Incident Cancels UND Flights
A University of North Dakota plane landed this morning without landing gear prompting the University to stop all other UND flights for the day.
October 22, 2009
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