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Aerospace

Gas flame over black background

Igniting knowledge

06/11/25 — Robots aboard the International Space Station are testing the flammability of acrylic plastic to improve spacecraft safety.
Collage mage of squirrels jumping, landing and balancing on a narrow branch, and a robot in midair attempting the same feat.

No robot can match a squirrel’s ability to leap from limb to limb — until now

03/19/25 — UC Berkeley engineers and biologists design a robot that can stick a landing on a branch
Flame spreading over a 12.7 mm sample at 19.8% oxygen under 60 kPa ambient pressure in microgravity.

NASA-funded project offers new insights into fire behavior in space

12/09/24 — Testing in microgravity reveals materials can burn at lower-than-expected oxygen levels
SpaceCAL 3D printer awaiting June 2024 launch on VSS Unity; Taylor Waddell (inset)

Manufacturing in microgravity

11/20/24 — Berkeley researchers sent their 3D printing technology to space as part of the Virgin Galactic 07 mission.
Spaceflight feather, as viewed aboard VSS Unity on June 8, 2024. The Virgin Galactic 07 flight carried Berkeley’s SpaceCal 3D printer and four other research payloads.

Berkeley researchers send 3D printer into space

07/02/24 — SpaceCAL tests the limits of additive manufacturing on Virgin Galactic 07 mission
Nine people stand in front of a small stage. Two people at the center are holding a small trophy.

Winners of 2024 CITRIS Aviation Prize reach great heights

05/31/24 — CITRIS: UC Berkeley team received the Joby Aviation Award for Best Overall Design and the CITRIS Aviation Excellence Award
Artist

New Berkeley Space Center

05/31/24 — The Moffett Field site will foster collaboration between NASA scientists and university researchers and students.
Bright object with fiery trail approaching curve of Earth in image from space

Q+A on solar sails

05/31/24 — The BLISS project aims to create a fleet of miniaturized, autonomous spacecraft for exploring asteroids and comets.
Lilly Etzenbach, B.S.’24 ME.

Berkeley engineer Lilly Etzenbach among 2024 University Medal finalists

05/07/24 — Forced into COVID-era isolation, this year’s finalists embraced resilience, compassion
Image showing a view of planet Earth and a comet from space.

Small solar sails could be the next ‘giant leap’ for interplanetary space exploration

01/10/24 — Researchers aim to create a fleet of low-cost, autonomous spacecraft propelled by light particles
Image of rocket breaking through the clouds.

Berkeley researchers: Public–private partnerships key to fostering outer space innovations

10/16/23 — Rausser College of Natural Resources: PNAS paper offers insights on emerging areas of innovation in space exploration
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Berkeley Space Center at NASA Ames to become innovation hub for new aviation, space technology

10/16/23 — UC Berkeley will develop a 36-acre site to house companies, labs and students in heart of Silicon Valley; learn more about the Berkeley Space Center
Spread of magazine pages

New Berkeley Engineer magazine is here

05/24/23 — Spring 2023 issue delves into topics ranging from sustainability to aerospace to health and aging
Students watching model airplane in wind tunnel

Dean’s note: Engineering new frontiers

05/17/23 — We’re celebrating the inaugural year of our aerospace engineering program, our first new undergraduate major in 25 years.
Prepping the Eureka-1 rocket for launch

A Eureka-1 moment

05/17/23 — The Space Enterprise at Berkeley student team launched a liquid-fueled rocket that reached 11,000 feet in altitude.
Photo of Alexander Alvara

ME Ph.D. student takes the road less traveled to UC Berkeley

01/10/23 — Alexander Alvara pushes past life's obstacles and sets his sights on new frontiers in engineering
Artist’s rendering of a human base on a new planet, aerial view.

Taking up space

11/07/22 — Professor Adam Arkin and CUBES researchers are using synthetic biology to find solutions for living on Mars — and a rapidly changing Earth.
Student with drone at TerraSwarm annual meeting

With flexibility comes possibility

11/07/22 — The Berkeley Engineering Fund supports the college’s greatest needs, such as our new aerospace engineering major.
NASA astronaut candidates Warren “Woody” Hoburg, Kayla Barron, Frank Rubio and Zena Cardman.

To infinity and beyond

11/07/22 — Alum Warren “Woody” Hoburg will pilot a spacecraft mission to the International Space Station in spring 2023.
Hoburg in front of a T-38 trainer aircraft

To infinity and beyond: EECS alum becomes spacecraft pilot

07/07/22 — A NASA astronaut since 2017, Warren Hoburg (M.S.’11, Ph.D.’13 EECS) will be piloting the spacecraft Dragon to the International Space Station
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