Spacefunk! Building Futures in Full Color at Georgia Tech, Across Atlanta, and Around the World
Lisa Yaszek, Regents’ Professor of Science Fiction Studies, shares her insights on Georgia Tech’s recent event, Spacefunk! A Science Fiction Reading Meet ‘N’ Greet....
How might the outcome of the upcoming presidential election shape the future of space policy?
Thomas G. Roberts, a postdoctoral fellow in International Affairs at Georgia Tech explained it to The Conversation. ...
School of Physics Announces Two New Academic Programs
Minor in Quantum Sciences and Technology (Available Now!) In response to the explosion of research, development, investment, and employment opportunities in quantum information science taking place across academia, national labs, and private industry, the Georgia Tech...
In Georgia Tech Visit, Future of Conflict Expert Brings His Perspective on Modern Warfare
The conflict in Ukraine is showing the world a lot about the future of warfare, and it’s not all satellites and AI, conflict scholar Tim Sweijs told students and faculty during a recent Georgia Tech visit. “The war in Ukraine has punctured the visions that...
Want to Become a Space Policy Expert? Liberal Arts Offers a Good Start, Nunn School Graduate Tells Students
When it comes to space, policy is where it’s at, Ivan Allen College alum Kaitlyn Johnson, International Affairs 2014, told a room full of aspiring aerospace sector employees in the first of a new series of presentations on careers in space policy. “There’s policy for...
Research Centers Supported by the Space Research Initiative
Across Georgia Tech, researchers are exploring the universe — its origins, possible futures, and humanity and Earth’s place in it. These investigations are the efforts of hundreds of astrobiologists, astrophysicists, aerospace engineers, astronomers, and experts in...
Space missions are getting more complex
“Most space mission systems historically have used one spacecraft designed to complete an entire mission independently. Whether it was a weather satellite or a human-crewed module like Apollo, nearly every spacecraft was deployed and performed its one-off...
A Yellow Jacket on Mars
A Georgia Tech alum has emerged after living in a simulated Mars habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for the past year. Read More Here
How can there be ice on the Moon?
Have you ever wondered how there can be ice on the moon? Nine-year-old Olaf from Hillsborough, North Carolina, asked Curious Kids this question, and members of Georgia Tech’s Space Research Initiative — Glenn Lightsey, Thomas Orlando, and Frances...
Georgia Tech to Strengthen Nation’s Faculty Development in Geospace Science
Georgia Tech’s Colleges of Engineering and Sciences have been chosen by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to hire a new faculty member focused on solar-terrestrial science and space weather research. The NSF is prioritizing a national need in geospace physics and...