Next Generation
September 26, 2022
UC San Diego alumna Deniz Burnham ‘07 reaches for the stars as a NASA astronaut candidate.
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Engineer’s Lifelong Dream of Becoming an Astronaut Comes True
June 8, 2017
…the new class of astronauts NASA announced June 7, 2017. Robb Kulin earned his master’s and PhD degrees in materials science from UC San Diego. He made nearly every decision in his career with an eye toward going to space, according to his Ph.D. advisor, nanoengineering professor Kenneth Vecchio from…
Star Traveler
October 22, 2015
Star Traveler Astronaut, UC San Diego alumna Kate Rubins to rocket to International Space Station The International Space Station. Photo by astronaut Scott Kelly/NASA. Kate Rubins has always been starstruck by the night sky. Growing up, she attended star-gazing parties and plastered her room with images of faraway galaxies. In…
NASA Awards UC San Diego Orthopedist Distinguished Public Service Medal for Research
June 15, 2017
…Medal for Research on Astronaut Health and Performance Alan Hargens demonstrates an upright MRI that his team uses to study astronaut spine health. NASA has selected Alan Hargens, a professor of orthopedic surgery at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, to receive a 2017 Distinguished Public Service Medal for…
UC San Diego First to Test Cancer Drugs in Space Using Private Astronaut Mission
May 22, 2023
The latest space experiments from UC San Diego and Axiom Space will explore therapies for breast and colorectal cancer aboard the ISS, and monitor astronauts’ stem cell health over time.
Engineering Alumna Becomes Newest NASA Astronaut
March 19, 2024
Deniz Burnham, who earned a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, became one of NASA’s newest astronauts on March 5.
NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Orbits Back to Scripps for Campus Visit
November 16, 2017
NASA Astronaut Jessica Meir Orbits Back to Scripps for Campus Visit Scripps alumna delivered keynote address at Blue Tech Week, engaged in roundtable discussion with students, and participated in Facebook Live Q&A during visit Jessica Meir visits the Scripps Diving Locker, her old stomping grounds where she was trained to…
UC San Diego Researcher to Lead First-of-Its-Kind NASA Identical Twins Study
May 1, 2014
…brains of identical twin astronauts—one of whom will spend a year in space, while the other is left on Earth. Her project, one of 10 funded through NASA’s $1.5-million twin astronaut study, will look at how long-term space flight affects fluid pressure in the brain and its implications for vision,…
Take the Leap
June 7, 2022
…with alumna and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir on the eve of her commencement address Meir hovers for a portrait in the weightless environment of the International Space Station. Photo by NASA, March 29, 2020. Jessica Meir had dreamed for decades about what it would be like to sail among the…
20 Things You Might Not Know About Sally Ride
February 18, 2021
…wanted to be an astronaut. In 1977, Sally was finishing her Ph.D. in physics at Stanford and planning to become a university professor. One morning, she was eating breakfast in the cafeteria and reading the student newspaper when she noticed an article saying NASA was looking for new astronauts, and…
