Space Force Enlists UT Austin to Help with Cutting-edge Research
Outer space has always been a warfighting domain. In the late 1950s, the first satellites were boosted to orbit on modified ballistic missiles that were originally...
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NASA’s Next Test Flight will Honor the Longhorn who Helped Save the Apollo 13 Astronauts
Arturo Campos, BS ’56, was fast asleep at his Houston home when he got a call from NASA that would thrust him into the history books. It was just before midnight...
UT Geoscientists are Leading an International Team That Wants to Predict Earthquakes
On August 14, 2021, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Haiti. The Caribbean nation deals with quakes regularly, but this event was the largest...
UT Researchers are Repurposing Cancer Diagnosis Technology to Battle Fish Fraud
Each year, Americans consume nearly 10 billion pounds of seafood, almost all of it imported. But what lands on a boat in the South China Sea is often very different...
UT’s Aerospace Engineering and Theater Departments Join Forces to Raise Awareness for Orbital Debris
Space is getting crowded. Over the next decade, companies like SpaceX and Amazon’s Kuiper Systems plan to launch thousands of internet satellites, which would...
How UT’s Sustainability Infrastructure Reduced Waste in a Time of Crisis
It’s early on a Sunday morning last October and the parking lot outside Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium is unusually empty. The night...
This UT Alumnus Is Building Space Hotels
At any given time, there are a half dozen humans zipping around the Earth at over 17,000 miles per hour. These are the lucky few chosen to live and work on...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor
