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OSIRIS-REx on its return journey to Earth.

NASA to extend OSIRIS-REx spacecraft for a mission to a second asteroid

Apr 25, 2022 The University of Arizona-led mission will rendezvous with the Asteroid Apophis in 2029
Apollo 16 lunar exploration, April 1972.

Tucson-based scientists giving moon rocks a second look

Apr 25, 2022 NASA's Apollo 16 crew originally collected the samples 50 years ago.
Gov. Ducey's desalination plant proposal is designed to relieve pressure on water supplied by Lake Mead.

Ducey desalination proposal carries hefty price tag

Apr 18, 2022 Experts think it will cost $60 million a year to operate.
Four tech companies will have access to the laboratory at Biosphere 2 for research.

Biosphere 2 starts a tech incubator

Apr 13, 2022 The laboratory welcomed four tech startups in a ribbon cutting ceremony.
LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter) will photograph the moon crash site.

University of Arizona students await photographs of moon crash site

Mar 17, 2022 They identified and traced the path of China-launched rocket that impacted the surface.
Minerals on display at the University of Arizona.

College of Science Lecture Series returns to Centennial Hall

Mar 8, 2022 A springtime tradition is back on the University of Arizona campus.
University of Arizona students interact with an autonomous food delivery "robot" operated by Grubhub and supplied by the Russian conglomerate Yandex.

University of Arizona parks Russian robots due to conflict

Mar 3, 2022 Grubhub, UA will "secure a new robot courier delivery solution."

Intelligence gathering incorporates social media in Ukraine

Feb 22, 2022 A University of Arizona information professor notes almost anyone can track Russian military movements online.
Sparse shelves at the University of Arizona's Arizona Market Nov. 17, 2021.

University of Arizona-backed research is finding the source for feelings of hunger

Feb 17, 2022 The part of the inner brain that produces sensations of hunger and fullness is familiar to neuroscientists.
Image of a full moon from NASA.

University of Arizona astronomy researchers track space junk to the Moon

Feb 15, 2022 The spent rocket stage is expected to crash on the far side in March.
A screenshot from the trailer for the movie Moonfall depicts a space shuttle crew at launch. The set, a former NASA shuttle training simulator, is now on display at the Pima Air and Space Museum.

Former shuttle cockpit simulator comes to Tucson

Feb 7, 2022 Astronauts trained on it, then it became a movie set.
Autonomous truck technology road-tested in Tucson

Union Pacific will use self-driving trucks to move freight between Tucson and Phoenix

Feb 3, 2022 It will be San Diego company TuSimple's first customer on that route.
Satellite image of Tonga eruption January 14, 2022

University of Arizona geologist examining Tonga volcano eruption

Jan 28, 2022 The explosive force was mostly underwater but stronger than expected
Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket is seen in this false color infrared exposure as it launches with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, from the ELA-3 Launch Zone of Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.

James Webb Space Telescope reaches its target

Jan 25, 2022 The first pictures of deep space are expected this summer.
Artist's depiction of NASA hypersonic test aircraft X43-A.

University of Arizona wind tunnels getting upgrades

Jan 24, 2022 Improvements are expected to generate more research for hypersonic technology.

Adia Barnes on Teamwork and Motherhood.

Jan 12, 2022 Also on Arizona Spotlight:Can new technology save water on farms? Plus Chris Dashiell remembers Peter Bogdanovich, and a short story read by author Michelle Ross.

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