As the recent Southern California wildfires have reminded us, one needs to be prepared for the unexpected, particularly as population density, urbanization and other factors continue to impact the environment around us. To that end, researchers at California State University, Northridge are working across...

Every day for decades, NASA satellites have been collecting data about oceans and continents around the world. This data, California State University, Northridge environmental geographer Mario Giraldo said, will provide valuable information about how climate change is impacting Southern California. Giraldo...

NASA has awarded $6 million to 20 teams, including from College of the Canyons and California State University, Northridge, from emerging research institutions across the United States supporting projects that offer career development opportunities for science, technology, engineering and mathematics ...

It’s all systems go for the College of the Canyons Aerospace and Science Team, which has received a $136,000 grant from NASA to support its High-Altitude Student Platform, RockOn and RockSat-X suborbital rocket programs. To date, COC is the only community college that has successfully participated...

A small Moon-bound rover is clamped to a special “shaker table” that vibrates intensely to make sure the hardware will survive the jarring rocket ride out of Earth’s atmosphere. This is one of three rovers – each about the size of a carry-on suitcase – that are part of NASA’s...

By Luke Fitzgerald Keith Palmer was on track to fulfill his lifelong dream. Since childhood, Palmer had wanted to work for the space program at NASA, and he viewed his studies at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona as the next step in achieving this goal. But then everything changed. “When...

By Luke Fitzgerald Phil Hamory had rarely set foot on campus at The Master’s University before he dropped off his daughter as a student. By then, he was already working his dream job as a NASA engineer. But as he observed TMU from a parent’s perspective, he realized the value of an education at the...

The SCV Chapter of the Aerospace & Defense Forum will be visiting Aero TMF for networking, a presentation, and a tour of their facility in Valencia. This is a great opportunity to meet and network with fellow SCV A&D industry executives, as well as see a local surface finishing operation. Aero...

After completing the second round of the NASA Deep Space Food Challenge, a competition conceived to create novel and game-changing food technologies or systems for long-duration space missions, an interdisciplinary team of California State University Northridge faculty, staff and students are working...

Albion H. Bowers, retired chief scientist at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center, will discuss how fast interplanetary flight is within the realm of possibility at the College of the Canyons Fall 2022 Star Party, on Oct 28. “The Canyon Country campus has a history of engaging campus events that...