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Space Junk Set to Crash Into Moon

March 3, 2022

UArizona students confirm errant rocket's Chinese origin, track lunar collision course

Feb. 15, 2022

Reddy research team members in front of the RAPTOS telescope.

'Mini Psyches' Give Insights into Mysterious Metal-Rich Near-Earth Asteroids

Oct. 1, 2021

Artist impression of a close flyby of the metal-rich near-Earth asteroid 1986 DA.

What's Up? Webcast: Dr. Vishnu Reddy: SSA & Asteroid Observation, University of Arizona

July 30, 2021

NASA Launched a Rocket 54 Years Ago. Has It Finally Come Home?

Dec. 1, 2020

Surveyor 3, which successfully landed on the moon, photographed by the Apollo 12 astronauts

A Rock Comet? The Mystery of the Geminid Meteor Shower.

Nov. 23, 2020

UA Student-led CatSat Mission Selected by NASA

March 18, 2019

A rendering of CatSat, a nanosatellite being built by UA students.

Air Force Research Lab, Others Tap UA Space Expertise

Aug. 20, 2018

With a total of $6.65 million in new funding, UA experts in space situational awareness are improving the nation's ability to identify and monitor satellites in collaboration with international allies.

Optical Sciences Student to Japan for Space Mission Work

May 31, 2018

Goldwater Scholarship winner Adriana Mitchell of the UA will assist on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa2 project, an asteroid sample return mission that is similar to the UA-led OSIRIS-REx mission by NASA.

Congratulations to 2016 AZ Space Grant Intern, Allison McGraw, winner of the 2017 Dwornik Award!

May 8, 2018