UNH Research 2012 - Space Science
        A digest of the year’s research news from the University of New Hampshire | ||||||
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Big Science in a Pintsize Package Alex Crew, a Ph.D. candidate in the Space Science Center, Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences Cosmic Rays Alter Chemistry of Lunar Ice A multi-institutional team reported that they have quantified levels of |
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Doing Spadework in Scientific Trenches
http://www.eos.unh.edu/Spheres_1012/geocape.shtml
Oceanographer Joe Salisbury of UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory (OPAL) and atmospheric scientist Carolyn Jordan of the EOS Earth Systems Research Center (ESRC) are part of a large group of scientists from around the country working to define the science questions and the instrument/mission requirements for a new Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events satellite (GEO-CAPE).
| High Schoolers Reach 105K Feet with History-Making UNH Scientific Balloon On July 23, 2012, high school students and their UNH mentors successfully flew and recovered a scientific payload that had been carried aloft by balloon to 105,700 feet. Tethered to the balloon, carrying a miniscule Geiger counter to measure cosmic rays, was a three-foot, dish-shaped re-entry vehicle the students built of pink Styrofoam and cardboard, designed to drift back to Earth without aid of a parachute – a first for the small ballooning community. | |
IBEX Team, UNH Scientist Present Mission Findings at NASA Press Conference Space scientists, including researchers from UNH, described the first detailed analyses of samples of captured |
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| In the Hot Seat The Solar Orbiter mission, with a UNH instrument on board, will use a series of gravitational slingshots around Venus to get closer to the sun than ever before. Research Professor Antoinette Galvin and Professor Lynn Kistler of UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center (SSC) have key roles in the instrument’s development. Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences | |
Moon CRaTER
http://www.eos.unh.edu/Spheres_0312/moon.shtml
UNH scientists led the team to develop the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER), the instrument to detect radiation on board the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter during its mission of exploration designed to map out possible landing sites and characterize the radiation hazards astronauts would encounter on the moon's surface.
NASA Funds UNH Scientists to Develop Miniaturized Space Instruments
http://www.eos.unh.edu/news/indiv_news.shtml?NEWS_ID=1369
http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/nov/ds05nasa.cfm
Physicists from UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center (SSC) have been funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop key technological components needed for instruments on board the next-generation small research satellites known as "CubeSats."
Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences
NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes to Launch, UNH Components Aboard The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) twin Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences |  | ||
Schwadron | Professors Named American Association for Advancement of Science Fellows Nathan Schwadron [pictured left], associate professor of physics at the Institute Related Research Areas: Agriculture & Biosciences; Engineering & Physical Sciences |
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Riding on a Rocket
http://www.eos.unh.edu/Spheres_0312/rocket.shtml
Allison Jaynes has had the chance to experience the real-life ups and downs of rocket science while still a graduate student working
with Associate Professor Marc Lessard of UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center
(SSC) and Thomas Moore ‘70 at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center. A NH Space Grant Fellowship and a NASA Graduate Student Researchers Program Fellowship have helped make Jaynes’ work possible.
Scientists Launch NASA Rocket Into Aurora With the full sky shimmering in green aurora on February 18, 2012, |  | |
Scientists Shed Light on Riddle of Sun’s Explosive Events
http://www.eos.unh.edu/news/indiv_news.shtml?NEWS_ID=1334
http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/sep/ds24sun.cfm
http://www.unh.edu/campusjournal/2012/09/scientists-shed-light-riddle-sun%E2%80%99s-explosive-events
In a paper published in Nature Physics, an international team of space scientists, including Research Assistant Professor Noé Lugaz from UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center (SSC), explains the mysterious physical mechanisms underlying the origin of the sun's powerful coronal mass ejections. Their findings, based on state-of-the-art computer simulations, show the intricate connection between motions in the sun's interior and these eruptions, and could lead to better forecasting of hazardous space weather conditions.
Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences
Solar Flare Could Impact Earth
http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2012/Jan/25flare.cfm
On January 25, 2012, scientists at UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center (SSC) reported that a potent and unexpected solar flare observed by a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) satellite could cause disruptions to satellite communications and power on Earth in days to come.
Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences
Space Weather PREDICCSion/UNH Scientists Provide Window on Space Radiation Hazards Astrophysicists from UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center (SSC) have created the first online system |
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Tightening the Scientific Understanding of the Belts
http://www.eos.unh.edu/Spheres_0812/rbsp.shtml
http://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/08/tightening-scientific-understanding-belts
The recently launched twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) that will be allow researchers to study the harsh environment of Earth's Van Allen radiation carry on them scientific hardware and software components that UNH’s Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center (SSC) helped develop. Roy Torbert, SSC director, and former SSC Research Associate Professor Craig Kletzing of the University of Iowa are key researchers in the Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated Science (EMFISIS) experiment on board the RBSP spacecraft.
Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences
| UNH LunaCats Mine the Moon At the end of May 2012, 11 UNH students took their senior project to the moon – the simulated moon, that is, of the Kennedy Space Center’s LunArena in Florida. There, the students – the UNH LunaCats – competed against 60 other universities in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)’s third annual Lunabotics Mining Competition. | |
UNH, Michigan Aerospace Corp to Bring Radiation Detector to Market Scientists from UNH and the Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC) have signed an exclusive option agreement to commercialize instrumentation originally developed at UNH’s Institute for the Study of Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences; Business & Technology |
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An artist's illustration of the Lunar | UNH Scientists: Sun Delivered Curveball of Powerful Radiation at Earth According to UNH scientists, a potent follow-up solar flare that occurred on January 27, 2012, just days after the Sun launched the biggest coronal mass ejection (CME) seen in nearly a decade, delivered a powerful radiation punch to Earth's magnetic field despite the fact that it was aimed away from our planet. The radiation was detected by the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) instrument on board National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission. Harlan Spence, director of the UNH Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS), serves as principal investigator for the CRaTER project. Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences | |
UNH Space Scientists to Develop State-of-the-Art Radiation Detector
http://www.eos.unh.edu/news/indiv_news.shtml?NEWS_ID=1367
http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/nov/ds01dosen.cfm
Scientists from UNH's Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) Space Science Center (SSC) have received a grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop the concept and demonstrate the proof-of-principle for a new design for an instrument that measures and calculates the absorbed dose in matter and tissue resulting from exposure to radiation yet is small, light, low-cost, and requires only small amounts of energy to function. The UNH project is one of just ten university-led projects chosen by NASA to study innovative, early-stage space technologies.
Related Research Areas: Engineering & Physical Sciences; Business & Technology
UNH to Analyze "Bellwether" Solar Event Data from European Satellite When the Sun launched a moderate, or M-class, solar flare on May 17, 2012, |
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