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January 13, 2022

In Space and On The Ground, Informatics Alum Has High Aspirations

By Jessi LoerchReposted courtesy of the iSchool.Photo by Doug Parry for the UW iSchool. Shannon Gatta’s work is out of this world. Gatta, who graduated from the iSchool in 2020 with a degree in Informatics, works as a data engineer for the private aerospace company Blue Origin, has completed the first level of private astronaut training, […]

November 13, 2019

Huskies Stretch a Paw Toward Space

After five years, 25,000 hours, and work by dozens of students (from high school to graduate level), HuskySat-1 is in space. On Saturday, Nov. 2, a Northrop Grumman Cygnus resupply spacecraft launched from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia carrying HuskySat-1 among other science investigations and cargo. In January, the spacecraft will deploy its load […]

October 3, 2019

Washington’s first student-built satellite preparing for launch

Reprinted from UW News with permission. Team members Paige Northway, Anika Hidayat, John Correy and Eli Reed (back row, left to right) watch in June as Henry Martin of Nanoracks does a “fit test” to ensure that the satellite fits inside the silver box. The digital clock on the wall counts down the days, minutes […]