New York Space Grant would like to honor the life and legacy of the late Judy Pipher.
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NYSG Awardees entering new heights as their student-lead research rocketry group, AeroBing, recently launched a half-scale Ambition-III rocket and static test of a rocket motor out in the Mojave desert.
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Grantees creating a more accessible and diverse STEM workforce through a comprehensive database and resource guide featuring internships, fellowships, scholarships, and grants.
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Meghan Dorn and Mario Cabrera are New York Space Grant NASA Fellows in the infrared detector lab run by Judy Pipher, Bill Forrest, and Craig McMurtry at the University of Rochester in the Physics and Astronomy Department. Since 2004, the Infrared Detector (IR) Lab has been affiliated with the proposed space mission NEOCam - Near-Earth Object Camera. The mission is intended to identify the orbit and measure the size of solar system objects that may be potentially hazardous to the Earth.
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The Space Shuttle Pavilion at Intrepid showcases the space shuttle Enterprise, the prototype NASA orbiter that paved the way for the space shuttle program. Seventeen dynamic exhibit zones feature original artifacts, photographs, audio, and films that immerse visitors in the science and history of Enterprise and the space shuttle era. Hours, exhibits, and ticket information can be found at the Interpid Museum website.
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Hunter Rouillard, an undergraduate student at Rochester Polytechnic University, flattens a holographic grating that is the primary light collector for the MOST telescope. New York Space Grant funded an initiation grant to prototype this game changing telescope.
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Victoria Butler, a New York Space Grant NASA Fellow at RIT (left), is shown with Caltech grad student Yun-Ting (center), and TIME PI Abby Crites (right) covering one input to the detectors in a material called Mylar. This will help prevent stray radio frequency signals from reaching the instrument.
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