New satellite will monitor soil moisture

February 2, 2015
As NASA’s newest satellite made its first orbit Saturday morning, the University of Alaska Fairbanks was ready to track it, receive data from it...
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The Sikuliaq crew tests systems in the Great Lakes in February 2014. Photo by Val Ihde.

The polar voyages of the research vessel Sikuliaq

January 28, 2015
The Sikuliaq will dock at Alaska ports early this February, ending the first leg of a journey that started 30 years ago. Mike Castellini will...
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Last rocket of the season launches into the aurora from Poker Flat Research Range. Photo by Jason Ahrns.

Last rocket of the season launches into the aurora

January 28, 2015
At 1:41 a.m. on January 27, 2014, a NASA sounding rocket launched from Poker Flat Research Range 30 miles north of Fairbanks. The rocket arced...
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This composite photograph shows four NASA sounding rocket launches from Poker Flat Research Range on the morning of Jan. 26, 2015. A vapor released by one of the rockets is visible as small white clouds. The green beam of a lidar system is visible in the upper left. Photo by J. Adkins, NASA.

UAF researchers launch rockets

January 26, 2015
Scientists launched four NASA sounding rockets in the same half-hour from Poker Flat Research Range north of Fairbanks at just after midnight on...
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Lecture to highlight the next big earthquake

January 21, 2015
The very notion of the “the big one” — a singular well-defined earthquake catastrophe — does not apply in Alaska. There are many “big ones,” said...
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Left to right: Arni Sigfusson of UAS Iceland, Marty Rogers of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration; Robert McCoy of UAF’s Geophysical Institute; Sigurdur Hrafnsson of UAS Iceland; and UAF Vice Chancellors Mike Sfraga and Pat Pitney. Photo courtesy of UAF Geophysical Institute.

Geophysical Institute opens office for unmanned aircraft in Iceland

November 6, 2014
The UAF Geophysical Institute now has an office in Iceland. As an expansion of their partnership with Unmanned Aircraft Systems Iceland, UAF and...
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A Black Brant rocket is now permanently installed in the green area in front of the Elvey Building at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Photo by Sue Mitchell.

Rocket display adds to UAF’s landscape

October 20, 2014
A 50-foot Black Brant IX rocket now graces the landscape of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A small ribbon-cutting ceremony in honor of the...
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Permafrost tunnel education project receives grant

October 3, 2014
The University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute has received a $1.5 million grant to use a frozen underground tunnel near Fairbanks to...
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Successful launch from Poker Flat Research Range

February 4, 2013
Conditions at Poker Flat Research Range weren’t indicative of a possible launch on the evening of Feb. 6, 2013. The skies were cloudy and the...
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