ASU/NewSpace Celebrates Jim Bell’s Regents Professor Honor for Space Exploration Leadership

From the Mars rovers’ iconic Pancam to the Psyche mission, Jim Bell’s Regents Professor title celebrates his decades of mentorship, innovation, and exploration. @Jim_Bell @asunewspace #NASA

Congratulating Honoree Jim Bell and the 2024 Class of AGU Fellows

Elected as the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow for his outstanding contributions to the Earth and space sciences through scientific research, education, science communication and outreach. @Jim_Bell #AGU

Fox 10 News Speaks with Dr. Jim Rice on Government vs Privatization in the Space Realm

In this interview, @ASUNewSpace Associate Director Of Science And Research Dr. Rice explains the shifting dynamics of space exploration, and his excitement for Artemis lunar missions. #NASA #Artemis

ASU NewSpace congratulates Astrobotic on NASA’s Mars Exploration Program Selection

Professor @Jim_Bell, Director of ASU NewSpace, and fellow ASU Faculty, staff and students will partner with Astrobotic to complete two concept studies aimed to enable future science missions

ASU NewSpace Faculty Spotlight: Nick Rolston, Assistant Professor, At The ASU Fulton School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering

Professor Rolston shares his passion for teaching and renewable energy, and the impact of @ASUNewSpace in support of faculty and student success at ASU @nickrolston, @rolstonlab

ASU NewSpace Faculty Spotlight: Tracee Jameson-Hooks, Associate Professor at the ASU School of Earth & Space Exploration

Professor Jameson-Hooks helps mold the next generation of space engineers by reimagining traditional coursework into valuable interactive experiential learning

Governor Hobbs tells space-related companies Arizona is 'open for business'

The Arizona Space Summit at ASU brought together leaders in the space industry, with opening remarks from ASU NewSpace Director Jim Bell @Jd_knight, @Jim_Bell

Strengthening semiconductor skills at ASU's SWAP Hub

Provisions in the CHIPS and Science Act sponsored the creation of eight Microelectronics Commons Hubs around the country to conduct microelectronics research

Announcing the Southwest Advanced Prototyping (SWAP) Hub Led by Arizona State University

An innovative, collaborative ecosystem hub at ASU designed to accelerate development and production of U.S. microelectronics technologies

ASU researcher Nick Rolston is developing solid-state batteries for use in 'B-LO Zero' environments with extreme temperatures, such as space

@ASUNewSpace helps bridge the gap from academic research to industry application #Innovation @Asunews

Space Business & Entrepreneurship Returns in Fall 2023 With a Cadre of Industry Speakers

Understand How Emerging Entrepreneurs Are Changing How The Space Industry Is Evolving with Professors Bell, Hardgrove, and Mauskopf

ASU Start Up Swift Coat Designs Anti-Fog Coating for Lunar Astronaut Helmets

ASU NewSpace Connects Co-Developers Professor Zachary Homan and Alumnus Peter Firth @SwiftCoatAZ With Space Industry Opportunities #innovation #Artemis

Planet and ASU Expand Partnership to Build Global Scale Solutions for Sustainability

ASU was named as Planet’s First Higher Education Partner in 2019

Shireen Dooling, Space Business & Entrepreneurship Alumna, selected for prestigious Brooke Owens Fellowship

Dooling, a 2022 alumna of Professor Jim Bell's SES598 class, is exploring new methods of visual communication in relation to the space sciences.

NASA's SLS rocket, LunaH-Map's ride to space, launched for its inaugural flight as part of the Artemis lunar program

Jim Rice, ASU NewSpace Associate Director Science and Research, attended the historic event

NASA's Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper, or LunaH-Map, is the first ASU-led NASA mission

Led by Jim Bell, ASU NewSpace Director and Craig Hardgrove, ASU NewSpace Director of Projects    

ASU instrument to help solve the geologic mystery of the moon's beautiful Gruithuisen Domes

@ASUNewSpace congratulates Director of Projects and co-investigator @hardgrove, selected to develop a neutron and gamma-ray spectrometer for @NASA's Lunar Vulkan Imaging and Spectroscopy Explorer (Lunar-VISE) #moon #innovation @asunews

Proudly presenting the newest @SpaceForceDoD university partner - @ASU

We look forward to working with the Space Force and other industry partners on solutions through the Space Enterprise Consortium program #SpEC

Fall 2022 Space Business & Entrepreneurship Class With Professors Jim Bell and Craig Hardgrove

Understand How Emerging Entrepreneurs Are Changing How The Space Industry Is Evolving. REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW

NASA-Supported Sensor Aims to Improve Weather Data Collection

The CubeSounder Sensor, led by Principal Investigator and ASU Professor Sean Bryan, Takes Its First Test Flight

All Aboard! Now Boarding ASU's LunaH-Map Cubesat to Artemis I

Led by ASU NewSpace Initiative's Craig Hardgrove, Principal Investigator and team, LunaH-Map will search for water ice in the permanently shadowed regions of the moon @lunahmap

ASU NewSpace showcases industry-university collaborations at ASU Day at the Capitol

ASU President Michael Crow speaks with ASU NewSpace Program Manager Scott Smas, ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration Professor Sean Bryan and Matteo Genna from World View

ASU NewSpace Congratulates the E-THEMIS team on stunning "first light" temperature images

Led by ASU SESE Professor Phil Christensen, the thermal imager instrument built for NASA 's Europa Clipper mission will launch in 2024. @EuropaClipper

Apply for a Spring 2022 Internship with The Commercial Spaceflight Federation

Have a passion for space? Are you ready to gain first hand experience in the space industry? Applications for Spring internships are open through October 31st, 2021. @csf_spaceflight

Action! Filming a Simulated Lunar Landing From the Dusty Desert Floor

The Lunar ExoCam team includes ASU Professors Jnaneshwar Das And ASU NewSpace Director Jim Bell @jd_knight, @Jim_Bell

The case of the missing mantle

Research from ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration, former NewSpace Postdoctoral Fellow Travis Gabriel and doctoral student Harrison Allen-Sutter, provides insight into how impact debris may have disappeared from...

Fall 2021 Space Business & Entrepreneurship Class with Professors Jim Bell, Craig Hardgrove, and Phil Mauskopf

Understand how emerging entrepreneurs are changing how the space industry is evolving. Read More to be sent to the ASU Class Search page. 

ASU scientists use commercial satellite data to determine water flow in Southwestern rivers

NASA has funded an Arizona State University project to use commercial CubeSat data to determine the presence of water in arid and semiarid rivers in California and Arizona.

ASU NewSpace's Craig Hardgrove and LunaH-Map Arrive Safely at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

The Lunar Polar Hydrogen Mapper CubeSat, Launching on Artemis I, is ASU’s first NASA mission to be led, designed and built on the ASU Tempe campus. @lunahmap

A Rising NASA Star: ASU Alumnus Zachary Pirtle helps shape the future of space exploration

Pirtle was recently awarded the NASA Early Career Achievement Medal for “outstanding leadership in helping formulate NASA’s deep space exploration programs, with innovative application of the program management discipline."

ASU's NewSpace Initiative fosters partnerships with space exploration and technology companies to discover new research avenues while creating opportunities for student engagement

Labsphere, Inc. is announcing plans to locate a Field Line of Sight Automated Radiance Exposure (FLARE) testing site at ASU's Polytechnic campus as part of the ASU Polytechnic Innovation...

ASU NewSpace exposition looks to the future of Arizona's space industry

Keynote Speaker: Senator Mark Kelly

ASU student and entrepreneur Emily Karlzen began her space start up journey and success with ASU

Connecting to industry experts is key to entrepreneurial success

Greg Autry, Space expert, joins ASU's Thunderbird School of Global Management as clinical professor of space leadership, policy and business

Plans to collaborate with ASU NewSpace  and Interplanetary Initiative on a cross-disciplinary Institute of Space Leadership and Management

ASU/Biodesign Research offers new insights into the effects of changes in microgravity on human cells during infection

Researcher Cheryl Nickerson, lead author Jennifer Barrila and colleagues describe the first infection during spaceflight

ASU/Biodesign Researcher Cheryl Nickerson's Proposal is One of Eight selected for NASA's Human Research Program

Her research will help advance astronaut safety for future exploration and extended stays in space

Siemens and ASU SpaceWorks come together for industry-academia workforce development collaboration

Students in ASU's L'Space Program led by Sheri Klug Boonstra gain hands on experience working with industry professionals

ASU Luminosity Lab's VELOS team was selected most innovative for their lunar exploration technology concept

The VELOS (Variable Exploratory Lunar Observation System) team, advised by ASU/NewSpace Director Jim Bell, gained valuable space industry and NASA project experience

ASU Researcher selected by NASA as one of nine 2020 Early Career Faculty Awards

ASU professor Sze Zheng Yong ASU connects with ASU/NewSpace to reach a network of industry collaborators and academic expertise

Arizona State University Alum Karina Drees will bring great experience to CSF as their new President!

Her deep experience in industry will greatly impact the future of public and private partnerships as she takes on this role @csf_spaceflight

ASU Luminosity Lab Project VELOS named as a finalist in NASA BIG Idea Challenge

Students gain real world experience of project development for the commercial space industry working with @newspace Director, Jim Bell

ASU Professors Jnaneshwar Das and Jim Bell (Director of ASU NewSpace) are part of the "Lunar Exocam" team

NASA's Flight Opportunities Program awards the Lunar Exocam project led by Jason Achilles Mezilis of Zandef Deskit with Ecliptic Enterprises, Honeybee Robotics and fellow CSF Member Masten Space Systems.

ASU NewSpace congratulates ABL Space Systems, a small launch vehicle developer, for reaching a testing milestone

Progress is moving quickly for this fellow CSF Member organization toward a first launch in 2021

ASU Congratulates CSF Member Organizations Selected In NASA's 2020 "Tipping Point" Technologies Solicitation: Masten, Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX, And SSL Robotics

ASU Congratulates CSF Member Organizations Selected In NASA's 2020 "Tipping Point" Technologies Solicitation: Masten, Sierra Nevada Corporation, SpaceX, And SSL Robotics

ASU NewSpace's Jenna Robinson is a co-author on a study demonstrating how NASA’s JWST will uncover hidden galaxies

JWST will be able to peer into unseen galaxies using improved infrared capabilities that complement Hubble discoveries.

ASU/NewSpace collaborates with ASU ECEE and SESE researchers on The CubeSounder project selected for NASA’s Tech Flights 2020 Cohort

Partnering with World View to launch this new high tech weather sensor and using their ‘Stratollite’ platform

Arizona State University's LunaH-Map will study neutron flux on Neutron-1

LunaH-Map will focus on measurements of low energy secondary neutrons in LEO

Arizona State University's LunaH-Map with Neutron-1 arrives safely at the US International Space Station

Craig Hardgrove, LunaH-Map Principal Investigator, and the ASU and the University of Hawai'i Teams await deployment dates expected in mid-November. Visit https://lunahmap.asu.edu/ @lunahmap

New international partnership with the MILO Space Science Institute launches Western University into space

ASU NewSpace applauds this effort with Canada's Western University and ASU's MILO Space Science Institute  

Masten Space Systems Lunar Lander Mission to the Lunar South Pole will Launch with SpaceX in 2022

Congratulations on fellow Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) members @mastenspace and @spacex on this achievement to support Lunar exploration with @NASA and #CLPS.

See Jim Bell’s SmallSat 2020 Poster “The MILO Space Science Institute: Enabling New, Science-Focused Deep Space SmallSat Missions”

Focusing on Apophis Pathfinder, NEOshare, and LunaRide, the virtual-on-demand poster can be found under Posters - Instrumentation. Visit MiloInstitute.Org

ASU teams with Malin Space Science Systems, Inc. and other commercial space vendors and subcontractors to bring Mars into focus like never before

The new Mars Perseverance rover’s Mastcam-Z color, zoom, stereo cameras allows us to see features as small as a house fly across the length of a football field    

How ASU researchers telework to Mars every day

ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration and ASU/NewSpace faculty, staff, and students have been "social distancing" with spacecraft across the solar system for decades

Spots Remain in the Fall 2020 Space Business & Entrepreneurs Class - Register Today

Develop space business entrepreneurial ideas in a diverse team environment ranging from STEM to Finance majors. Special expert speakers from major space enterprises will be announced soon.

ASU NewSpace is an exhibitor at the “Virtually Amazing” Small Satellite Conference: Space Mission Architectures | Infinite Possibilities on August 1st - 6th, 2020

Join ASU NewSpace and the MILO Institute as SmallSat 2020 goes virtual to connect with and support the diverse needs of the global space community. Visit miloinstitute.org

ASU selected as an awardee in the 2020 BIG Idea Challenge: Engaging Universities in NASA’s Mission to Develop Space Exploration Technologies for the Moon to Mars for VELOS Lunar Exploration

VELOS (Variable Exploratory Lunar Observation System) is led by Faculty Advisors James Bell, Director of ASU NewSpace and Tyler Smith, Associate Director of ASU Luminosity Lab.

ASU NewSpace Initiative’s Jim Bell and Craig Hardgrove are part of ASU’s Space Exploration and Instrumentation Legacy

ASU’s innovative collaborative structure, facilities, and diverse expertise has created a powerful foundation upon which to build future academic and commercial space projects

ASU Polytechnic Campus Capstone Projects: Simulating and solving real world challenges

Overcoming challenges and building futures through academic and commercial partnerships

ASU-led LunaH-Map spacecraft ready for final testing

ASU's LunaH-Map spacecraft, led by ASU/NewSpace Director of Projects Craig Hardgrove, is complete!

NASA's Perseverance Rover Will Look at Mars Through These 'Eyes'

Principal Investigator Jim Bell, Director of ASU NewSpace, leads the development of Mastcam-Z imaging instruments scheduled to go to Mars on the 2020 Perseverance rover mission

Registration Open for Space Business & Entrepreneurs Fall 2020

Understand how emerging entrepreneurs are changing how the space industry is evolving. Read More to be sent to the ASU Class Search page. 

The sky is no longer the limit for scientific research

ASU Biodesign Institute and ASU/NewSpace sponsor Microgravity Research workshop with commercial industry for academia

Life-changing ventures win investment at ASU Demo Day competition Skysong

ASU/NewSpace Space Business & Entrepreneur class student Emily Karlzen wins $15,000 for her startup through ASU's Venture Devils Program

Female entrepreneurs find support from ASU as they pursue their passions

Mentorship and funding drive ventures; here, 5 women share their stories and their advice

Ride-sharing mission hopes to study asteroid up close

When the asteroid Apophis approaches Earth's path in 2029, scientists hope to know a lot more about it than they know now. Academic researchers from around the world...

Foust Forward | Zero gravity requires a lot of patience

For decades, the space community has sought the “killer app” for microgravity research: the project that, once and for all, will demonstrate work that can only be done in...

NASA's Curiosity rover finds an ancient oasis on Mars

If you could travel back in time 3.5 billion years ago, what would Mars look like? The picture is evolving among scientists working with NASA's Curiosity rover.

Studying bacteria in space

Understanding the impact of spaceflight on microbial responses

NASA Selects 15 Space Biology Research Proposals to Support Moon, Mars Exploration

NASA has awarded 15 grants for new space biology research designed to help the agency achieve its goals under the Artemis lunar exploration program. Teams of investigators will use state-of-the-art genetic...

ASU researcher honored by White House with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

Every year, the U.S. government identifies up-and-coming scientists from each state who are deserving of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). This is the nation’s...

ASU’s 'Mastcam-Z' cameras installed on the NASA Mars 2020 rover

The ASU-tested cameras will provide the rover with the first zoom lenses on Mars

ASU to develop payloads for Blue Origin lunar transportation

Announced today in Washington, D.C., by Blue Origin, Arizona State University has signed a memorandum of understanding with Blue Origin to send payloads to the lunar surface. Blue Origin, a...

CSF Recognizes Industry Growth in Welcoming Eleven New Memberships

The Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF) announced eleven new Associate and Executive memberships have been effectuated over the past few months. Four Associate Members – Arizona State University (ASU), Planet,...

Clearing The Air For Deep Space Travel

Matthew D. Green, an assistant professor of chemical engineering in the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, wants to help space travelers breathe easier.

MILO Institute launches a new model for space exploration

Space is daunting in its enormity and tantalizing in its mysteries. Missions to explore space are audacious and ambitious. They are also expensive.

Mars 2020 rover mission camera system ‘Mastcam-Z’ testing begins at ASU

Arizona State University research technician and Mars 2020 Mastcam-Z calibration engineer Andy Winhold waited patiently on the loading dock of ASU’s Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV in anticipation...

Lockheed, Arizona State Eye New Space Science Mission Business Model

Taking a page from the ride-share industry, Lockheed Martin Space and Arizona State University have set up a nonprofit research collaborative to plan, build and fly condo-style space science...

ASU KEDtalk: Hunting for hydrogen, a moonshot with ASU NewSpace's Craig Hardgrove

Hear how the first self-propelled, shoebox-sized spacecraft could reveal the whereabouts of water on the #moon and what that means to Earthlings. @hardgrove @ASU @NASA

ASU hosts Congress members, industry leaders for conference on space innovation

Space exploration stakeholders meet to discuss challenges facing NASA, building a STEM workforce and academic-government research partnerships

Virtual Reality Innovation Challenge

The ASURE Innovation Challenge is open! ASU students, faculty, and staff are all eligible to participate!

ASU scientists use satellites to measure vital underground water resources

Space technology being used by ASU and JPL to combat a problem here on Earth

Catalyst: ASU research helping power satellites through space

Catalyst profiles an Arizona State University researcher who is exploring new ways to power satellites through space using the unique properties of gallium.

Putting the steel in steely-eyed missile men and women

ASU class prepares next generation of space explorers with hands-on payload drop project

ASU joins UC3 coalition to tackle climate change issues

13 leading universities will work to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future

What the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch means for the future of space travel

When will we be able to weekend on the moon? ASU professor has some insights

ASU student payloads selected to fly on Blue Origin space vehicle

Three Arizona State University student-led payload projects have been selected to launch into space on Blue Origin’s "New Shepard" space vehicle later this year.

Tempe evolves into a hotbed for the space industry

The cosmos is billions of years old. But the idea of exploring the unknown, infinite universe beyond Earth’s orbit from Tempe is much, much younger. Arizona State University has been...

LunaH-Map will reveal details about ice deposits on the moon

The new ASU CubeSat mission breaks new ground for the University's forays into space

ASU NewSpace hosts Planet for an Earth Observing Dataset User Workshop

ASU NewSpace Special Colloquium with Planet Co-Founder and CEO, Will Marshall

Overview: Stories in the Stratosphere

A collection of science fiction stories, art, and speculative timelines exploring the near future of the stratosphere created by Arizona State University Center for Science and the Imagination.

ASU NewSpace Director of Projects, Prof. Craig Hardgrove's LunaH Map passes CDR

School of Earth and Space Exploration and ASU NewSpace Director of Projects, Assistant Professor Craig Hardgrove and his team have successfully passed their Critical Design Review (CDR) for their LunaH...

ASU NewSpace Director Jim Bell on the challenges to be solved before humans live in deep space

As NASA takes steps toward moon-orbiting outpost, Dr. Jim Bell talks about how it differs from living on the International Space Station.

ASU Celebrates Moon Day

There are many reasons to get excited about the Lunar research at ASU.

New virtual approach to science in space

ASU professor and colleagues suggest a new approach to scientific exploration that they call exploration telepresence

Taking the pulse of an ocean world

An ASU-designed 'planetary stethoscope' could help us find out what lies in Europa's global ocean.

ASU’s open-source 'library of the stars' to be enhanced by NSF grant

Stars are the most commonly observed objects in the universe. Now, with a new $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers at Arizona State University will...

NASA selects ASU’s ShadowCam for moon mission

Instrument from Mark Robinson of School of Earth and Space Exploration and Malin Space Science Systems will explore permanently shadowed regions

An ASU Space Celebration

Scientists, Fans gather in Tempe to explore the Lucy, Psyche missions and the role the university plays in each

Exploring the Milky Way's star factories with GUSTO

An ASU astronomer is helping design and build new balloon-borne observatory to explore how stars and solar systems form

ASU center studies solar system's history through meteorites, partners with NASA

Arizona State University’s Center for Meteorite Studies looks for clues about the formation of the solar system by studying the characteristics of meteorites.

The search for life in the universe to be focus of national conference in April

For the first time, Arizona will be hosting the nationally recognized Astrobiology Science Conference (AbSciCon), bringing together scientists from across the country to report on new discoveries and to...

ASU postdoc awarded prestigious NSF astronomy and astrophysics fellowship

School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) postdoctoral researcher Adam Beardsley has recently won the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship.

ASU to showcase NASA digital learning project at national conference

Infiniscope makes NASA science content accessible, interactive for all ages

TEDxASU event to showcase 'Innovation Worth Sharing'

ASU faculty, students to share their ideas and new ways of looking at issues in hopes of sparking inspiration in the audience

ASU techies create 3-D model of mysterious, metal asteroid Psyche

NASA mission seeks to explore what scientists believe is the core of a failed planet

ASU students compete for a journey to the moon

Sun Devils working with teammates on the other side of the globe for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor

Going behind 'Hidden Figures'

ASU Piper center hosts author Margot Lee Shetterly, who will speak on the women featured in the new Oscar-nominated film

ASU experts weigh in on discovery of warm, rocky 'Earth-like' planets

The discovery of seven warm, rocky “Earth-like” planets orbiting a star 39 light-years away has created new opportunities for science, according to the lead researcher of the NASA study...

Behind-the-scenes peek: How to build a deep-space instrument for NASA mission

PBS to air documentary Friday about 1st space instrument to be built entirely at ASU, now on its way to asteroid Bennu

AZLoop at ASU: How about mass transit at 750 mph?

Competing in SpaceX Hyperloop competition, squad of more than 100 students from range of majors gets ready to submit plans

KEDtalk: Visitors from another world

Meenakshi Wadhwa, director of Center for Meteorite Studies at ASU, discusses origins of universe and studying Mars through rocks

Does our solar system have an undiscovered planet? You can help astronomers find out

ASU's Adam Schneider and colleagues are hunting for runaway worlds that may be lurking in the space between stars

5 things we ❤ about space at ASU

ASU is rapidly becoming known for its out-of-this-world endeavors. From Psyche to CubeSat. From Mars to the moon. Here, in honor of Valentine’s Day, are five things we (heart)...

From space to sea, Parazynski has seen it all — and says there's yet more to explore

ASU's official University Explorer — who is also an astronaut, scuba diver, mountain climber, pilot and doctor — will discuss our need for new horizons in public lecture

NASA satellites to aid ASU researchers in California drought study

Water management and drought forecasting traditionally meant physically measuring surface water or groundwater, but Arizona State University researchers are tackling the problem in a new way: from space.

ASU search for water on moon seeks important answers

Researcher Craig Hardgrove explains science behind NASA mission that marked university as major player in space exploration

2017: ASU Space Odyssey

NASA mission selections show how the nation's most innovative university embodies the spirit of exploration

NASA approves mission that includes ASU-designed, -built thermal emission spectrometer

NASA has approved a mission to explore asteroids that scientists — including Arizona State University researchers behind a key component — hope will reveal details about the earliest history...

ASU to lead deep-space NASA mission for 1st time

Metal asteroid Psyche to offer unique look into violent collisions that created Earth, terrestrial planets

Journey to a metal world

ASU completes site visit — a rather bland name for quite a daunting process — as NASA considers proposed Psyche mission

When space science and engineering meet venture capital, ASU students are ready

The growth of private space-exploration companies, such as SpaceX and Virgin Galactic, has changed the way scientists do business. ASU is leading the way in preparing students for the...

'One of the greatest Americans of our time'

ASU university explorer Scott Parazynski remembers his colleague and friend, astronaut and former U.S. Sen. John Glenn

Looking for life on Mars — in Chile

ASU scientists make discovery at South American hot springs that could spur revisiting a Red Planet location already explored

Is a weekend on the moon around the corner?

ASU professor Jim Bell talks about why deep space is the new economic frontier

Cubesat mission on track, poised for breakthroughs

ASU reaches one-year mark on endeavour that could create new standard for space exploration

In international experiment, ASU astronomers explore mysteries of star formation

Uniquely sensitive camera, with optics and electronics designed and built at ASU, will probe into giant clouds of interstellar dust

Small impacts are reworking the moon's soil faster than scientists thought

Study reveals surface features younger than assumed; potential structures would need better protection

Arizona field trips make big impact on ASU students

Annual trek to Meteor Crater, other sites offers incoming earth and space majors hands-on experience in the field

ASU astronomers to explore the ‘cosmic dawn’ of the universe

Thirteen billion years ago, nearly every particle in the universe was affected by a new phenomenon: the emergence of starlight from the birth of stars in the first galaxies.

'Shooting for the Stars'

Breakthrough Initiatives official to speak about the search for extraterrestrial life at ASU Sept. 20

ASU satellite wins 2016 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award

ASU’s Space and Terrestrial Robotic Exploration (SpaceTREx) SunCube FemtoSat and the SpaceTREx team, headed by Jekan Thanga, assistant professor with the School of Earth and Space Exploration, have won...

Have a blast at ASU space launch party

School of Earth and Space Exploration hosts event for unique mission that aims to collect 4 pounds of material from asteriod

Mysterious grooves on Martian moon Phobos explained by impacts

Some of the mysterious grooves on the surface of Mars' moon Phobos are the result of debris ejected by impacts eventually falling back onto the surface to form linear...

Ceres: The tiny world where volcanoes erupt ice

ASU scientist investigates how volcanic activity has reshaped the face of Ceres

ASU scientists use 'shake and bake' to get ready

To calibrate, researchers put space instrument in vacuum chamber and subject it to extremes

Mars 'wet streaks' mystery deepens, as ASU instrument finds they are dry

It's uncanny. Dark finger-like streaks form on dozens of Martian crater rims and hillsides as local spring warms into summer. The streaks lengthen down the slopes until summer's height,...

Ear to the sky

Newly installed 10-foot diameter dish to allow ASU researchers to communicate with satellites

A bright, bold plan

ASU's Lawrence Krauss part of stellar advisory team for Alpha-Centauri-or-bust Breakthrough Starshot mission

Here's looking at you, Mars

New image of Red Planet a high point in ASU professor's long involvement with global monitoring of our solar-system neighbor

ASU astronaut headed to Hall of Fame

Scott Parazynski logged more than 8 weeks in space, performed 7 spacewalks — including 1 hailed as most dangerous ever

NASA selects ASU undergraduate 'CubeSat' project to measure Phoenix urban heat islands

NASA has selected an Arizona State University undergraduate student team for a $200,000 grant to conduct hands-on flight research, through its NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Student Instrument Program (USIP).

Authentic science through high school astronomy

What might high school students do when they get their hands on at $300M Mars spacecraft? The question expanded. What does happen when you take a NASA spacecraft currently in...

Symposium envisions golden age of space travel

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos, who also heads private space firm Blue Origin, compared the advent of reusable rockets to the Internet and the national highway system, opening the door...

The next big thing in space is really, really small

ASU's SunCube FemtoSat will open space exploration to everyone, with launch costs as low as $3,000 for low-Earth orbit

Opening the universe to everyone

ASU wins $10M NASA grant to develop education courseware with aim to create critical thinkers both near and far.

ASU professor’s ‘solar exposure’

Event draws a VIP crowd to an ASU engineer and his new technology.

Airborne telescope instrument proposal enters NASA final selection phase

Proposed instrument is designed to measure spectra of gas clouds within star-forming regions

Images from ASU’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera featured in new exhibit at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum will open its newest exhibition, “A New Moon Rises: New Views from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera,” Feb. 26, displaying dramatic landscapes...

Lunar love: When science meets artistry

ASU professor hopes Smithsonian exhibition of LROC team's striking images gets people excited about returning to the moon.

'Dinosaurs led me to the moon'

ASU postdoctoral researcher turned interest in dinosaurs into a passion for outer space

ASU satellite selected for NASA Space Launch System’s first flight

The first flight of NASA’s new rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), will carry 13 low-cost CubeSats, including one from Arizona State University, to test innovative ideas along with...

Ground Control to (insert your name here)

ASU astronaut coaching session brings hopefuls with stars in their eyes  

Narrowing gap between man and machine

ASU engineer exploring new frontiers in human-robot collaborations.

2-D materials potential powerhouses for tech advances

ASU scientist to explore how materials' imperfections are a strength, not a weakness.

Enhancing solar energy harvesting by minimizing heat loss

The fast-depleting reserves of conventional energy sources and ever-changing environmental impacts have resulted in an urgent need for high-efficiency renewable energy sources and energy-saving materials.

ASU scientists selected for NASA observatory Science Investigation Team

NASA has announced the selection of Science Investigation Teams for its Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST). ASU will be the lead institution for one of these teams, which...

Deep freeze puts the squeeze on dwarf planet Ceres

ASU scientists have explanation for fresh spots on ancient surface

The future of our place in space

Science celeb Bill Nye visits ASU to share his views on a "bright" future outside Earth.

Exiled exoplanet possibly kicked out of star’s local neighborhood

  A planet discovered last year sitting at an unusually large distance from its star — 16 times farther than Pluto is from the sun — may have been kicked...

How to build a spacecraft: The beginning

ASU team starts complex process of designing CubeSat that will orbit the moon.

Forged in the hearts of stars

ASU researchers to study what elements are created by exploding stars.

ASU to help high schoolers build satellites in national CubeSat competition

Today the White House announced the creation of a nationwide “CubeSat competition” that partners high school students with leading universities for the development and operation of small space satellites....

ASU Mars images star in 'The Martian'

Images of Mars taken by a visual and infrared camera designed at Arizona State University take a star turn in the new hit movie “The Martian.”

ASU instruments help scientists probe ancient Mars atmosphere

Mars was not always the arid Red Planet that we know today. Billions of years ago it was a world with watery environments — but how and why did...

To infinity and beyond: The future of space at ASU

A mission to the moon is tough to top, but Arizona State University’s space program has plenty of stars in its eyes.

How a university went into space: ASU's story

Only 30 institutions in the United States can build spacecraft. Only seven build interplanetary spacecraft that leave Earth’s orbit. Arizona State University is one of them.

ASU chosen to lead lunar CubeSat mission

Principal investigator is postdoctoral fellow

NewSpace Initiative connects ASU with space industry

The next big thing in space research is small.