Students Design CubeSats to Study Glaciers, Ice Sheets May 20, 2019 Two Earth Dynamics Observatory (EDO)-sponsored teams of aerospace engineering seniors spent the past year developing new CubeSat-based approaches for acquiring data about Earth’s ice sheets, glaciers, and the ground beneath them. Read more Image
The EDO Newsletter, April 15, 2019 April 30, 2019 EDO's 2019 retreat summary, proposal support funding opportunity, upcoming workshop on missions, EDO in the news, and more. Read more
Progress at the Second Annual EDO Retreat April 15, 2019 Nearly 40 people attended the second annual EDO retreat on March 27 at the Hacienda del Sol Guest Ranch Resort. The event began with an hour of "speed talks," brief presentations of the many small— less than $10M—existing and proposed projects that EDO researchers are working on. Read more Image
Tucson Tech: UA inflatable satellite antenna set for future NASA launch March 22, 2019 A new kind of inflatable space antenna developed by University of Arizona students and faculty is slated for launch aboard a NASA mission as soon as next year. Read more Image
Using Laser Beams for Communication and Coordination of Spacecraft Swarms Feb. 13, 2019 A team of researchers at the University of Arizona has recently developed a new method to coordinate and control spacecraft swarms, which could be easier to implement on a large scale. Read more Image
Greenland’s Southwest Ice Sheet Particularly Sensitive to Warming Jan. 28, 2019 The ice fields of southwest Greenland are becoming particularly sensitive to a climate cycle called the North Atlantic Oscillation and will become a major contributor to sea level rise as global warming progresses. Read more Image