- August 5, 2024
Mechanical engineer Jeffrey Moran, whose lab focuses on self-propelled micro- and nanoparticles, has loved outer space since childhood. Now, one of his experiments, exploring aerosol thermophoresis, will be carried out on the International Space Station.
- June 10, 2024
George Mason University will be the home of the $19.5 million recently approved Landolt NASA Space Mission that will put an artificial “star” in orbit around the Earth. George Mason faculty and students will work together with the NASA and NIST and nine other organizations for a first-of-its-kind project for a university in the Washington, D.C., area.
- March 10, 2023
Alumna Sandra Cauffman and her work in NASA is featured in the children's book Women in Engineering, which is the fourth book in the Science Wide Open: Women in STEM series.