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Congratulations to Dr. Kristopher Klein!

Friday, November 8, 2013
Congratulations to Kristopher Klein for successfully defending his PhD dissertation on "The Kinetic Plasma Physics of Solar Wind Turbulence." "...

Congratulations to Dr. Dennis Norton!

Thursday, November 7, 2013
Congratulations to Dennis Norton for successfully defending his PhD dissertation on "Type-II InAs/GaSb Superlattice LEDs: Applications for Infrared Scene Projector Systems." "...
Juno spacecraft

Juno slingshots past Earth on its way to Jupiter

If you've ever whirled a ball attached to a string around your head and then let it go, you know the great speed that can be achieved through a slingshot maneuver. Similarly, NASA's Juno spacecraft will be passing within some 350 miles of Earth's surface Wednesday, Oct. 9, before it slingshots off into space on a historic exploration of Jupiter.

Congratulations to Dr. Timothy Harrington-Taber!

Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Congratulations to Timothy Harrington-Taber for successfully defending his PhD dissertation on "Heavy Flavor Decay of Zgamma at CDF." "...

A short history of Voyager's historic journey

When NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft became the first manmade object to enter interstellar space, it claimed an iconic place in the history of space exploration—and underscored the University of Iowa's role and legacy among the stars.