February 28, 2025
New lunar sample research could help protect astronauts and uncover the origins of water on the moon
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New NASA-funded research by Georgia Tech offers fresh insights into the phenomenon of space weathering.
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February 19, 2025
AE Professor Masatoshi Hirabayashi Studies Compelling Way to Deflect Asteroids From Earth
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A Georgia Tech study analyzes NASA’s DART mission and proposes an innovative approach for kinetic deflection.
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February 14, 2025
Securing Tomorrow’s Autonomous Robots Today
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Assistant Professor Glen Chou is leading research to ensure the security and safety of future autonomous robots, which could one day fight wildfires, explore space, and assist in critical environments like nuclear reactors and hospitals.
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February 13, 2025
Turning to CubeSats in the Search for Life Thousands of Light-Years from Earth
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A new NASA-funded project will have Georgia Tech aerospace engineers developing new technology to one day study planets outside our solar system.
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January 23, 2025
Georgia Tech Space Research Institute Begins Search for Executive Director
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The internal search will identify an inaugural executive director for the new Interdisciplinary Research Institute.
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December 6, 2024
In a Very Close Galaxy: How Georgia Tech Researchers Use Earth Analogs to Understand Space
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Georgia Tech researchers explore U.S. terrains to understand space and life on Earth.
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November 22, 2024
From Mars to the Stars: James Wray Wins Simons Fellowship to Study Interstellar Objects
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The research could transform how we understand extrasolar planets — without ever leaving our solar system.
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November 11, 2024
Space Race: Georgia Tech’s Aspiring Astronauts
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Georgia Tech faculty, students, and recent grads share their stories about trying to become an astronaut, an aspiration that shaped their paths and continues to inspire their lives despite the challenging odds.
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October 21, 2024
Rattling Physics with New Math
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Understanding and predicting self-organization, especially in systems that are out of equilibrium, like living things, is an enduring goal of statistical physics.
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October 1, 2024
Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines Announces New Initiative Leads
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We hope that initiative leads will act as the “faculty face” of IRIM and communicate IRIM’s vision and activities to audiences both within and outside of Georgia Tech.
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September 19, 2024
Award-Winning Algorithm Used on Mars Rover Helps Scientists on Earth See Data in a New Way
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Ph.D student Austin P. Wright wins a best paper runner-up award at an international conference for an algorithm used on the Mars Perseverance Rover than can be used in applications in earth science and other fields.
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September 3, 2024
Research Centers Supported by the Space Research Initiative
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The Space Research Institute is the hub of all things space-related at Georgia Tech, and it includes three core centers contribute distinct interdisciplinary perspectives to studying space.
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July 31, 2024
A Yellow Jacket on Mars
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A Georgia Tech alum has emerged after living in a simulated Mars habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston for the past year.
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June 27, 2024
Hirabayashi Chosen by NASA to Join European Space Agency’s Planetary Mission to Study Results of Asteroid Deflection
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Masatoshi (Toshi) Hirabayashi, with an international consortium of 11 other scientists, will perform a multi-faceted, detailed, post-impact study of NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.
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April 30, 2024
Georgia Tech’s Space Research Initiative Hosts Yuri’s Day Symposium
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The event brought together faculty, researchers, and students to celebrate the Institute’s interdisciplinary space research.
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