A graduate student and a retired astronaut have teamed up to develop a space-training program at Iowa State University that may usher a new age of space exploration. When he was growing up, Tor Finseth dreamed of the chance “to boldly go where no one has ever gone before,” just like in the popular TV …Continue reading “Opportunities at Iowa State set Tor Finseth on the path to become an astronaut”
Iowa State grad Clayton Anderson says the United States will eventually put people on Mars. NASA will fight through its current budget- and politics-inspired malaise to continue space station missions and build toward a trip to Mars, a now-grounded Iowa State University-educated astronaut predicted Thursday. Astronaut Clayton Anderson, who spent five months on the International …Continue reading “CoE alum confident NASA will rebound from ‘limbo’”
Thursday, November 3, 2011 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium The End Becomes the Beginning Astronaut and Iowa State alum Clayton Anderson will share his experiences on his last mission, STS131, and his thoughts on what the future may hold for him and the U.S. Space Program. A veteran of two space flights, …Continue reading “Astronaut Clayton Anderson to speak on November 3”
Dr. Robert Braun, NASA chief technologist, will visit Iowa State’s College of Engineering to discuss the future of human space travel. His presentation, part of the T.A. Wilson Lecture series, will be held on October 20 at 11:00 a.m. in the Alliant Energy-Lee Liu Auditorium in Howe Hall. Through “Investments in Our Future: Exploring Space …Continue reading “NASA chief technologist to speak on future of deep space missions”
