Research on fusion engine that could be a Mars hot rod is AIAA Best Paper

Research on fusion engine that could be a Mars hot rod is AIAA Best Paper

May 05, 2015

You could call a fusion engine a space travel hot rod. A 2014 paper that reports on developments in pulsed fusion propulsion that could rapidly propel U.S. manned flights to Mars has been named by the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronaut...

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Blast From the Past 鈥� Opening a Rocketry Time Capsule

Mar 19, 2015

UAH's Propulsion Research Center is preparing for its 25th anniversary next year, and the experimental roots of its faculty run even deeper. In 1956, 16-year-old Jimmy Blackmon did a very unusual thing for that time. He built a rocket from scratch ...

Von Braun Memorial Symposium sees record number of student poster entries

Von Braun Memorial Symposium sees record number of student poster entries

Oct 30, 2014

A record number of students from 萝莉岛app (UAH) entered the student poster competition at the seventh Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium held on the campus Oct. 27-29. A total of 43 students representing every coll...

Successful Prometheus rocket launch prompts 萝莉岛app celebration

Successful Prometheus rocket launch prompts 萝莉岛app celebration

Jul 01, 2014

The successful June 21 launch of Prometheus, a Charger Rocket Works student-built rocket, was celebrated by the UAH Propulsion Research Center with a barbecue dinner Monday, June 30, at Johnson Research Center on campus. University officials on ...

Congrats ChargerSat-1 Team!

Congrats ChargerSat-1 Team!

Dec 03, 2013

The Propulsion Research Center would like to formally congratulate the UAH Space Hardware Club (SHC) on their completion and launching of ChargerSat1, an entirely student-built CubeSat.  This project began as an application for the CubeSat Launc...

Charger Rocket Works Team Makes Noise Again!

Charger Rocket Works Team Makes Noise Again!

Dec 02, 2013

Wednesday morning (11/27/13) the Charger Rocket Works (CRW) team, which operates under the Propulsion Research Center banner, learned of their acceptance in the 8th NASA Student Launch Competition. The team had one week to produce a proposal for the ...

Dr. Gang Wang: AIAA Associate Fellow

Dr. Gang Wang: AIAA Associate Fellow

Oct 22, 2013

Dr. Gang Wang: AIAA Associate Fellow      Dr. Gang Wang    The Propulsion Research Center congratulates Dr. Gang Wang on his appointment as an AIAA Associate Fellow. This fellowship is awarded to those 鈥渨ho have...

Dr. Ken Zuo: AIAA Associate Fellow

Dr. Ken Zuo: AIAA Associate Fellow

Oct 18, 2013

October 18, 2013 The PRC would like to congratulate Dr. Ken Zuo on his recent appointment as an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Associate Fellow.  According to the AIAA, the "AIAA Associate Fellows are individuals of...

PRC Participation in the 6th Wernher Von Braun Symposium

PRC Participation in the 6th Wernher Von Braun Symposium

Oct 18, 2013

PRC Participation in the 6th Wernher Von Braun Memorial Symposium The 6th Wernher Von Braun Memorial Symposium took place on the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus from October 7-10, 2013. Four PRC students participated in the symposium鈥檚 ...

UAH鈥檚 Propulsion Research Center gains national acclaim, again 鈥� Popular Science

UAH鈥檚 Propulsion Research Center gains national acclaim, again 鈥� Popular Science

Jan 04, 2013

Huntsville, Ala. (August 28, 2011) 鈥� The Propulsion Research Center at 萝莉岛app has again gained national acclaim by being named the third 鈥淢ost Awesome Lab in 2011鈥� by Popular Science magazine as part of its 鈥淏...