UND Aerospace Tag

04 Oct

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International mission funded by global non-governmental, non-profit organization and network The first international mission in the University of North Dakota’s Inflatable Mars/Lunar Habitat (IMLH) was launched Wednesday afternoon when four students from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Peru entered the facility to spend two weeks running experiments...

19 Sep

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With its digital readouts, computerized storm-track maps and long hours spent interpreting forecast models, weather research could be compared to any number of sedate activities. But to boxing? Absolutely, suggests Shawn Wagner, a UND graduate student in atmospheric sciences from Bottineau, N.D. Talking about his fieldwork, Wagner...

28 Aug

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[caption id="attachment_10223" align="aligncenter" width="800"] A state-of-the-art computer model simulating the supercell thunderstorms that spawn the largest and most destructive tornadoes have atmospheric scientists questioning the widely accepted concept of how tornadoes form. Photo courtesy of UND Atmospheric Sciences.[/caption] What we think we know about how and...

25 Aug

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[caption id="attachment_10193" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Bee Innovative, an Australian company, brought its precision pollination technology to North Dakota last week to test it on sunflowers in collaboration with UND researchers. Photo courtesy UND Aerospace.[/caption] Last week was the first time Paul Snyder, director of the UND Aerospace...

07 Aug

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AFJROTC brings second round of junior cadets to UND Aerospace for intensive training [caption id="attachment_9786" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Cadets from this year’s crew of AFJROTC Flight Academy participants look to the skies for the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds’ routine above the Fargo AirSho. Image courtesy of Beth...