Georgia Tech Offers New Astrobiology Minor
Students from all majors are invited to register for the new Minor in Astrobiology at Georgia Tech. Welcoming its first enrolled students in Fall 2025, the minor is the latest degree offering from the College of Sciences and Georgia Tech Astrobiology Program. The...
Georgia Tech CubeSats Push the Limit of Small Satellite Technologies
Georgia Tech has put another small satellite into low-Earth orbit. OrCa2b will enhance space domain awareness and improve the tracking of resident space objects (RSOs), such as debris and other satellites. The satellite is the first of two CubeSats that will...
Yuri’s Day 2025: Shaping the Future of Space Research
More than 100 researchers, faculty, industry representatives, alumni, and students came together on April 14 to explore the future of space research and exploration at the 2025 Yuri’s Day Symposium. Hosted by Georgia Tech’s Space Research Initiative (SRI),...
Propelling Georgia Tech to the Final Frontier
Early on, Georgia Tech graduate students William Trenton Gantt and Hugh (Ka Yui) Chen imagined working in the space industry. “When I was 14, I dreamed about being in space one day,” recalls Chen, 22, a native of Hong Kong and a Ph.D. student in aerospace engineering....
AE Doctoral Student Lands Prestigious Space Policy Internship and Scholarship
Polina Verkhovodova is headed to Washington, D.C. this summer to intern at Voyage Technologies and will receive $1,000 as a part of the 2025 Matthew Isakowitz Commercial Space Scholarship (MCCS), a scholarship that recognizes and supports promising...
Space Traffic and Trash: Policy Experts Work Toward a Sustainable Final Frontier
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. Several months later, the U.S. sent Explorer I into space. With two small objects, the space race began. As of March 2025, more than 11,000 satellites are orbiting Earth. According to some estimates,...
ECE Joins Forces with Intelsat to Prepare Future Satellite Communication Leaders
Through collaboration with industry leaders, the Georgia Tech School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) is advancing its curriculum to better prepare students for today’s dynamic workforce, this time reaching beyond Earth’s...
AE Alumna Kathryn Engelhardt: Shattering Glass Ceilings with Intellect and Resilience
AE alumna Kathryn “Kathy” Engelhardt (AE 1982, M.S. AE 1983), née Dunlop, has returned to Georgia, steps away from her beloved Georgia Tech, grateful for every leg of her journey. She reflected on her extraordinary experiences, lifelong friendships, and the...
Nunn School Launches New Space Policy Center
The space around Earth is central to life on the surface, encompassing myriad economic, technological, political, and even military considerations that affect the lives of millions. A new center devoted to space policy in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs...
New lunar sample research could help protect astronauts and uncover the origins of water on the moon
Dust and rocks residing on the surface of the moon take a beating in space. Without a protective magnetosphere and atmosphere like Earth’s, the lunar surface faces continual particle bombardment from solar wind, cosmic rays, and micrometeoroids. This constant assault...