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NASA touches down in Iowa to talk TRACERS
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
NASA delegates visited the University of Iowa on March 7-8 to learn about the largest externally funded research project in institutional history.
UI professors build instruments for space mission set to launch with SpaceX in 2025
Thursday, October 19, 2023
David Miles, a University of Iowa associate professor of physics and astronomy, recently took over as the principal investigator on a satellite mission that will study the near-Earth orbit. Miles is leading the project after the death of UI professor Craig Kletzing in August.
NASA Announces Launch Services for Pair of Space Weather Satellites
Friday, September 29, 2023
NASA has selected SpaceX of Hawthorne, California, and its Falcon 9 rocket to provide the launch service for the agency’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission.
Miles Named PI of TRACERS Mission
Monday, September 25, 2023
Associate Professor David Miles has been named Principal Investigator of the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Mission following the passing of Prof. Craig Kletzing in August.
Gazette: Esteemed Iowa, NASA physicist Craig Kletzing dies
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Longtime University of Iowa physics and astronomy professor Craig Kletzing made big news in 2019 when he won the single largest research grant in UI history.
Renowned Iowa physics professor, researcher Craig Kletzing dies
Friday, August 11, 2023
Craig Kletzing, the easygoing, humble University of Iowa professor who combined a zeal for teaching with a decorated research career in space plasma experimental physics, died on Thursday, Aug. 10. He was 65.
NASA’s TRACERS Mission Passes Key Milestone, Advances Toward Launch
Monday, April 4, 2022
NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites mission, or TRACERS mission, has passed a critical mission review on March 31, 2022.
Kletzing To Speak at 39th Presidential Lecture Feb. 27
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Professor Craig Kletzing is one of three distinguished University of Iowa faculty members who will give presentations at the 39th Presidential Lecture on Feb. 27.
From small towns to a big NASA gig
Friday, November 5, 2021
Recent University of Iowa graduates Andrew Carton and Ryan Helland grew up in small communities in Iowa never dreaming they’d be involved in space research. But through their academic experiences at Iowa, they both secured jobs with TRACERS, a landmark NASA mission.
Chat from the Old Cap Aug 20: Dr. Craig Kletzing
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
As part of the University of Iowa Center for Advancement's Chat from the Old Cap series, Dr. Craig Kletzing, a professor in physics and astronomy at the University of Iowa and principal investigator for the UI's latest NASA mission presented a virtual engagement session on Aug. 26, 2020.
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