Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR)

  • Meyer leading a lecture.
    Alex Meyer is an astrodynamics expert, engineer, PhD student, and now, a part of the night sky. The International Astronomical Union has officially named an asteroid after him. Asteroid 2000 ND17 is now...
  • Illustration of the Janus Spacecraft
    Space News is highlighting a potential new mission for the mothballed Janus spacecrafts. Dan Scheeres, a distinguished professor of aerospace at the University of Colorado Boulder, was principal investigator on the Janus mission. Designed and built
  • Delores Knipp
    Delores Knipp was interviewed by the Washington Post for a new article on the sun entering its most active period in two decades. Knipp, a research professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is an expert on
  • Hanspeter Schaub
    Hanspeter Schaub is being recognized by the American Astronautical Society. AAS is honoring Schaub as the 2024 Dirk Brouwer Award for "transformational work in the emerging field of charged spacecraft formation flight and control and for
  • Surface of the sun
    Delores Knipp was interviewed for a feature article in the Washington Post. Knipp, a research professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is an expert on solar wind-geospace coupling and space weather and
  • SUDA in a cleanroom at LASP.
    This year, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) celebrates its 75th anniversary—marking 75 years of Boulder’s exploration of space, from the fringes of Earth’s atmosphere to the wide expanse of interstellar space. The
  • Capstone Satellite orbiting the moon
    The space economy is booming, and the University of Colorado Boulder is at the forefront of a major federal funding initiative aimed at expanding...
  • Cell phone with a lock symbol on the screen.
    A team of University of Colorado Boulder researchers is leading a major military-oriented project for 5G wireless security. The National Science Foundation’s Convergence Accelerator program has awarded Boulder $5 million for “GHOST: 5G Hidden Operations through Securing Traffic.” The goal of the work is...
  • The Aerospace Building
    Natasha Bosanac has been selected as the 2023 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Rocky Mountain Section Young Professional Engineer of the Year for her "significant impact in the field of space exploration and astrodynamics."
  • An artist's render shows a soft robot using its flexible flower-shaped limbs to touch down on an asteroid.
    Jay McMahon's work on soft robots for space exploration and mining is being highlighted by IEEE Spectrum. McMahon, an associate professor in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, is developing Area-of-Effect Softbots (
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