The UA Little Rock-based Arkansas Space Grant Consortium is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing with two out-of-this-world events this summer. Continue reading “Arkansas Space Grant Consortium celebrates 50th anniversary of moon landing”
A University of Arkansas at Little Rock student spent his summer interning at the NASA Langley Research Center in Norfolk, Virginia. Continue reading “UA Little Rock student interns at NASA”
Genetic research by a University of Arkansas at Little Rock student that could one day aid Mars colonists was one of only 10 student projects highlighted during a national NASA Space Grant conference.
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Duane “Digger” Carey credits education as the defining element that led a child who grew up in public housing in St. Paul, Minnesota, to a successful career as an astronaut who piloted a shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope in 2002.
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Former astronaut Duane “Digger” Carey will discuss his 2002 mission to the Hubble Space Telescope during a visit to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Feb. 25. Continue reading “Astronaut Duane “Digger” Carey visits UALR”