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NASA Awards University of Arkansas $750K for Satellite Communications Project
If successful, the technology could significantly speed up satellite-to-satellite and deep space communications. read more >
Space Grant Consortium Keeping Arkansas on NASA’s Radar
Constance Meadors, the not-so-new director of the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, is putting Arkansas on the star chart — and keeping it on NASA’s radar. read more >
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Arkansas Space Grant Consortium Awarded $100K for NASA Research
The grant will fund a project aimed at helping to detect reliability concerns of electric aircraft and advanced air mobility vehicles. read more >
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Canoo Drops Arkansas From Operations List
A research and development hub in Fayetteville never got past planning and the company “never pulled the trigger” on its plans to move to Bentonville, a company official said. read more >
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Constance Meadors Named Director of Arkansas Space Grant Consortium
Meadors is the first African American and first woman space grant director for the state of Arkansas. read more >
Eclipse Economics: Arkansas Expects Tourism Boom on the Horizon
To calculate how many eclipse chasers will be looking skyward in Arkansas at 1:45 p.m. on Monday, April 8, economists and tourism officials started by looking backward. read more >
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UAMS Fellow Chosen for Fellowship Backed by NASA (Movers & Shakers)
Ashley Nemec-Bakk is one of three researchers nationwide chosen for the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine. read more >
NASA Picks Canoo for Launchpad Transport Vehicles
The electric vehicle maker will shuttle astronauts to the launch site for upcoming missions. read more >
NASA Gives $1 Million to UA Rice Research
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has given a $1 million grant for a rice cultivation research program headed by a biological engineering professor at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. read more >
UA Researchers Receive NASA Grant to Study Venus
University of Arkansas researchers have received a three-year, $417,000 NASA grant to study the interaction between the atmosphere and surface of Venus. read more >
4 NW Arkansas Companies Get $125K NASA Grants
The Startup Junkie Foundation announced Monday that NASA has awarded $125,000 grants to four northwest Arkansas companies, through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. read more >
Arkansas Electrical Engineers Ride a Power Surge
Arkansas’ college programs in electrical engineering are thriving, with enrollment up over the past 10 years in all of the state’s accredited programs. read more >
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Ozark Integrated Fits In with NASA
NASA and other agencies have awarded more than $1 million in grants to Ozark Integrated Circuits of Fayetteville since 2015 for projects that are underway, including the development of heat-resistant circuits and a camera that can record but not be damaged by ultraviolet light. read more >
ASBTDC To Host ‘Doing Business With NASA’ Event July 20
Small businesses can learn about how to become NASA suppliers, subcontractors or service providers at "Doing Business with NASA" on July 20 at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. read more >
NASA’s Chief Medical Officer To Give Osteopathic Keynote June 17
The Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association says J.D. Polk, NASA’s chief health and medical officer, will deliver a keynote address on June 17 during its four-day 32nd Annual State Convention. read more >
Fayetteville Company Gets NASA Grant to Commercialize High-Temp Circuits
NASA has awarded a $124,982 grant to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a technology firm affiliated with the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. read more >
UALR Consortium Gets $750K for Space Missions Research
The Arkansas Space Grant Consortium at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock received a $750,000 NASA EPSCoR grant to fund research. read more >
Fayetteville Firm Gets NASA Grants to Make Circuits for Venus Probe
Ozark Integrated Circuits of Fayetteville has received two grants from NASA to develop heat-resistant circuits that can operate on the surface of Venus and AEDC board approval to further develop its patent-pending UV detector. read more >
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3 Apollo 13 Team Members to Speak at Bud Walton Arena
Two Apollo 13 astronauts, James Lovell and Fred Haise, and flight director Gene Krantz will speak about their infamous moon mission at 7 p.m. April 23 at Bud Walton Arena on the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. read more >
UALR Receives NASA Grant to Work on Moon, Mars Rovers
UALR is one of the 17 research colleges and universities across the country and the only one in Arkansas sharing more than $12 million in grants for research and technology development in areas important to NASA’s mission. read more >