University of Iowa hitches ride on historic mission to the sun
Researchers are co-investigators on two instrument suites aboard NASA’s Parker Solar Probe
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2018.08.10 | 09:07 am
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UI team designs and builds satellite to hunt for universe’s missing matter
Physics and astronomy professor Phil Kaaret won $3.7 million from NASA to build HaloSat, scheduled for launch on May 20
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2018.05.16 | 10:15 am
University of Iowa undergraduates go to ‘rocket school’
Students participate in intensive, international program to design, build, and fly a sounding rocket
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2018.02.13 | 03:14 pm
UI nabs $1.25 million NASA award to conceptualize mission studying magnetic fields of Earth, sun
UI’s proposal is one of five in competition for $165 million in NASA funding
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2017.10.03 | 08:57 am
UI instrument aboard Voyager 1 spacecraft marks 40 years of discovery
Radio- and plasma-wave detector observed signs of lightning on Jupiter, determined when Voyager left solar system
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2017.09.05 | 10:58 am
UI readies for Cassini finale
Radio and plasma instrument designed and built at UI may provide clues about Saturn’s auroras, thunderstorms
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2016.11.28 | 01:58 pm
MAVEN mission observes ups and downs of water escaping from Mars
UI research contributing to latest findings
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2016.10.19 | 02:11 pm
Jupiter’s spooky sounds
UI instrument captures emissions from Jupiter’s auroras
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2016.10.06 | 03:35 pm
Jupiter rendezvous
UI instrument, researchers involved in NASA’s Juno mission
By: Richard C. Lewis | 2016.06.29 | 01:36 pm
Shifting sands on Mars
UI researchers travel to Iceland to learn more about sand dunes on the Red Planet
By: Richard C. Lewis and Clarity Guerra | 2016.03.30 | 04:13 pm
