astronautics

June 1, 2021

The death dodger

Taking risks was second nature for Albert Scott Crossfield. That’s how he became the first man to fly at twice the speed of sound and laid the groundwork to go into space.

September 1, 2011

The UW's right stuff

June’s flight of the Atlantis brought to a close NASA’s Space Shuttle program after 30 years. The University of Washington played a huge role in this scientific and engineering marvel.

June 1, 2011

Space out

For Janet Kavandi, '90, and her colleagues, it’s a bittersweet time to be an American astronaut.

September 1, 2008

School of Robofish

UW researchers have put a new spin on the fin: they’ve made a robotic fish that can communicate with its schoolmates.

June 1, 2004

New endowments

Two new University endowments will provide critical resources for students while paying tribute to the lives and careers of a respected aerospace engineer and his wife of 44 years.

Husky hands on Mars

In seventh grade, Scott Carpenter, ’97, decided he wanted to be in the space industry. Today he can look into the sky and see a planet being explored with his help.

No obstacles

A farm girl from the Yakima Valley, Bonnie Dunbar used her love of science and dogged determination to become an astronaut — and the 2004 alumna of the year.

March 1, 2003

Astronaut mourned

Astronaut Michael P. Anderson, ’81, who died Feb. 1 when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry over Texas, was intent on going into space ever since he was a little boy.

March 1, 2001

Space force

Throughout the history of the space program, our alumni have pushed back the boundaries of the final frontier.