Before Jenny Gruber was the Future Systems Integration lead for NASA’s recent Moon to Mars mission, she was an undergraduate student studying aerospace engineering at Boston University.
It was while Gruber, who also serves as president of the BU Alumni Association, was at BU that she landed an internship with NASA, and she became certain she wanted to pursue a career in space exploration.
Enter the half-joke, half-serious concept of “silver springing” someone. It’s the idea that you and all the love you bring with you are unforgettable — like a ghost that will eternally haunt them.
I don’t think that 50 years ago we could have imagined going to space simply for recreation, and as more and more space tourism companies pop up, hopefully it continues to drive down prices, increase advancements in aeronautics and make these ventures more possible for the everyman.
Musk and Bezos, with their wealth and influence, have the power to be major players in humanity’s fight against climate change. They should use their resources for good rather than to tackle the next frontier.
This week, NASA will launch its Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), the mission of which, aided by a group of Boston University professors and students, is to locate Earth-like exoplanets.
The stuff of classic science fiction tales -- daring space exploration of exotic planets, bizarre intergalactic alien empires, faster-than-light travel through the seemingly infinite cosmos -- it’s all...
Researchers from Boston University and the University of Maryland published a study Thursday that offers an alternative view of the heliosphere, the area between the sun and outside the solar system,...
From classic V-2 rockets to winged shuttles, human transport from Earth to beyond is light years ahead of where it once was. And with the Boston Museum of Science premiering a new planetarium show on...
A wise Instagram bio once said, “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” Today, we’ll be heading into our solar system for a discussion of how the U.S. government doles...
