Space Grant Success Stories

Ruby O'Brien-Metzger poses in the Superfund Dust Lab.

2018-19 Space Grant Intern, Ruby O'Brien-Metzger, featured on KXCI's Thesis Thursday!

Ruby O'Brien-Metzger, discusses her research in the UA Superfund Dust Laboratory.

Space Grant students stand on boulders in a creek at Seven Falls, AZ.

University of Arizona Space Grant Advisors and Interns hike Seven Falls!

University of Arizona Space Grant Intern Advisors planned a hike up to Seven Falls on Nov. 17th to enjoy the beautiful Fall weather.

A caterpillar of the cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) readies to devour a boll of cotton. (Photo: Wenxue Pan/Nanjing University)

Article on genetics by 2017 - 2019 UA Space Grant Intern, Emily Walla, published in UANews!

Emily works with her mentor, Daniel Stolte, for UA News as a science communication writer. She is an astronomy and physics Junior.

A large group of UA Space Grant Interns, SEDS and Astronomy Club members watch sunset at Kitt Peak Observatory, with telescopes in background.

UA Space Grant Interns, SEDS and Astronomy Club students join for Kitt Peak Star Party

University of Arizona (UA) NASA Space Grant interns, fellows, mentors, and UA Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) club joined together this past weekend for an educational trip to Kitt Peak National Observatory.

Reman Almusawi poses in front of trees

2018 Space Grant Intern Reman Almusawi featured on KXCI's Thesis Thursday

I am a team member in the Superfund Research Laboratory. I am working on studying mining sites and smelting operations. I’m mostly focused on the active mine near Hayden/Winkelman.

Four NAU students gaze at the Milky Way

NAU/NASA Space Grant Staff and Students Participate in Navajo Bridge Star Party!

October 2018 marks the 2nd year that NAU staff and students have brought telescopes to the Navajo Bridge Star Party, to star gaze with the public

Cathryn Sephus, top left, and Betul Kacar, second from left, pose with members of the Kacar Lab. Betul Kacar holds her child.

2018 Space Grant Intern Cathryn Sephus' work with mentor Betul Kacar featured in Daily Wildcat!

"Cathryn Sephus, a molecular and cellular biology senior with a minor in astronomical studies, joined Kacar’s research group this semester after being awarded the Arizona Space Grant in astrobiology."

Artist rendering of NASA's OSIRIS-REx space probe. Source: NASA

Congratulations to 1992 UA Space Grant Intern Dante Lauretta: OSIRIS-REx is On Its Way to Bennu!

Bennu was spotted by O-REx for the first time on Aug. 17 from a distance of more than 1.3 million miles. “It was right there where we thought it would be,” said Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx principal investigator at the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Moriba Jah stands in front of a multi-screen display of orbiting satellites.

Moriba Jah, 1999 Embry-Riddle Space Grant Intern, featured on NPR Source of the Week!

Moriba Jah’s research focuses on the convergence of policy, technology, and security related to space traffic management and space situational awareness.