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Gravity’s impact on bone cells—experiments heading to the International Space Station
  1. Gravity’s impact on bone cells—experiments heading to the International Space Station

    Mechanical engineers at the University of Michigan are tackling mysteries of bone density loss in space and on Earth.

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  2. Studying Earth’s defenses against solar storms

    NASA undertakes a comprehensive look at a critical atmospheric buffer between us and the sun, powered in part by University of Michigan researchers and alumni.

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  3. The box that rocked the universe

    Meet the U-M researcher who helped pioneer the CubeSat—and a new era in space exploration.

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  4. Katie Bouman talks legacy of the black hole imaging project and favorite U-M memories

    Before Bouman became the face of the project that brought us the first ever image of a black hole, she was wowing ECE professors with design projects and hoarding Domino’s pizza with her HKN family.

  5. Parker Solar Probe data bolsters theories in long-running solar riddle

    University of Michigan researchers were able to accurately predict when and where the probe would cross an important barrier in the sun’s atmosphere.

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  6. Intercepting an asteroid

    In prior posts, two Michigan Engineers worked on the ion engine aboard NASA’s DART probe, set to launch this winter.

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  7. In the news: Michigan Engineering experts August 9-13

    Highlights include the Los Angeles Times.

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  8. Apollo 15 at 50: A celebration of the all-Michigan crew’s mission and the future of space exploration

    July 30 virtual event highlights future lunar and deep space missions, the technologies to get there, and U-M’s research contributions to space exploration.

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  9. Apollo 15 — 50th anniversary

    The all U-M crew was the U.S. Apollo program’s fourth lunar landing, and the first to use the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

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  10. Answers Inc. – A brief history of U-M’s Space Physics Research Laboratory

    For 75 years, SPRL has sent instruments skyward to help us better understand Earth, space, our sun and more.

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