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ACTIVATE Makes a Careful Return to Flight

Oct. 22, 2020  |  Joe Atkinson
Chemical and environmental engineering professor Armin Sorooshian continues leading a multimillion dollar NASA mission from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aerosols in the Atmosphere >>
Screenshot of President Robert C. Robbins in a Zoom meeting

NASA Takes Virtual Tour of Mini-Labs for Studying Asteroids

Oct. 21, 2020  |  Emily Dieckman
The pandemic on Earth doesn’t stop progress in space as researchers present their work on $3M STEM-engagement project.
NASA Site Visit >>
A spacecraft above an asteroid's terrain (artist's impression).

OSIRIS-REx Successfully Touches Asteroid Bennu in Sample Grab

Oct. 21, 2020  |  NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and University Communications
Ten years after NASA selected UArizona to lead the OSIRIS-REx mission, the spacecraft successfully completed its most treacherous and rewarding task: sample collection.
Touchdown on Bennu >>
Judith Su wearing a white labcoat and leaned over a complicated array of sensors.

$1.8M to Advance Device for Detecting COVID-19, Cancer, Contaminants

Oct. 14, 2020  |  Emily Dieckman
A biomedical engineering professor's technology detects and distinguishes ultra-low levels of disease particles, performance-enhancing drugs, contaminants and "anything worth sensing."
Anything Worth Sensing >>

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