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Why Don’t We Go to the Moon Anymore?

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This summer marks the 45th anniversary of the first moon landing. Support for NASA continues to shrink, yet many Americans yearn for a return to the aggressive era...

 
 

Exploring Space Is Still Worth the Cost, Says UT Expert

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Sunday, July 20, will mark 45 years since the United States put the first two astronauts safely on the moon. The cost for the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs...

 
 

A Storied Summit at the McDonald Observatory, 75 Years Later

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Sandra Preston, BBA ’79, has spent 35 years building the education and outreach programs for the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas at Austin where...

 
 
UT Chips in for World's Largest Telescope

UT Chips in for World’s Largest Telescope

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The University of Texas is fairly familiar with the final frontier. UT-Austin has produced 12 astronauts, has its own Center for Space Research, and is represented...

 
 

UT Study Models Europa’s Ocean Currents

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The search for life on other planets has lately zeroed in on Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. In 2011, a team of UT scientists were the first to find water there,...

 
 

UT Astronaut Karen Nyberg’s Top 10 Social Media Posts

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Outer space isn’t as far away as it used to be. At least that’s how it feels, with astronauts like University of Texas grad Karen Nyberg, MS ’96, PhD...

 
 

Longhorn Astronaut Heads Back to Space

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Karen Nyberg dreamed of being an astronaut ever since she was a child, but while conducting graduate research at UT in 1997, she seemed a bit discouraged. That...

 
 

Science Comedian Brian Malow Blends Humor, Education

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College tends to be a formative period, but not always in the way you’d expect. For science comedian Brian Malow, BA ’85, a key event was seeing a poster...

 
 

Neil deGrasse Tyson: Why Space Matters [Watch]

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Can’t see the video? Click here. Alcalde March|April cover star Neil deGrasse Tyson, MA ’83, may be one of the best orators alive today. He’s...

 
 

Cold War Monkey Business

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Before astronauts, a scientist destined for UT launched the first chimps into space. It was 1957, right before the height of the Cold War. Instead of bullets, the...

 
 
 
 
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