Rice University will host hundreds of space industry and research professionals for the International Space University’s 36th annual Space Studies Program (SSP) between Jun. 8 and Aug. 3.
Key leaders from the Houston and French space industries will discuss the future of spaceflight at a conference at the Rice Global Paris Center Dec. 4-6.
Rice University and NASA’s Johnson Space Center will host the International Space University’s 2024 Space Studies Program, an intensive, eight-week summer program for professionals in space-related fields that will be held on Rice’s campus next summer.
On April 12-14, the Rice Space Institute participated in French Space Days, a space business tour with a delegation of private French companies and startups in Houston.
Nicola Fox, associate administrator of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, visited with students from the departments of Physics and Astronomy and Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences April 3.
A delegation of Danish representatives from government, academia and the space industry visited the Rice University campus last week for a half-day series of meetings, lab tours and conversations on avenues for growth and collaboration in space education and research.
David Alexander, director of the Rice Space Institute and professor of physics and astronomy, is one of six members of the new Scotland International Space Advisory Committee, which will provide advice and identify opportunities for the country in the global space market.
Following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Rice University historian Aysha Pollnitz is available to discuss the queen’s historic reign. Meanwhile, David Alexander, the director of the Rice Space Institute and an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE), is available to share his thoughts.
Alexander Dessler, an emeritus professor of physics and astronomy, has published a personal history of the early days of Rice’s Space Science Department in the journal Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists.
Rice once again played host to the “Reach for the Stars! STEM Festival” April 9, an event held to inspire middle school girls to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.