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On the sixth episode of Our Future, Transformed, Hakeem Oluseyi, astrophysicist and research professor at ����AV, speaks with Mason President Gregory Washington about how the race to exploit cosmic resources has geopolitical implications and why we had to start from scratch in our attempt to return to the Moon.

Ever since sixth grade, Ricky Chang looked up at the stars and wondered what could be out there in the vastness of unexplored space. With a summer internship at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, he had a front row seat to interstellar research.

Last fall NASA selected ����AV’s Anamaria Berea to participate in its independent study team on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP).

A team of seniors from the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department combined their knowledge and skills to win the Space and Satellites Professionals International (SSPI) student prize competition.

Since Michael Riggi was about six years old, his father and brother would take him to a “Cars and Coffee” show in Great Falls, Virginia, on weekends. Being around classic automobiles and luxury vehicles, Riggi said he developed an appreciation for cars, and other machines that go fast, including planes, boats, and rockets.

Now, as a junior at ����AV, his career path has also been racing forward.

Meet the MPA student who works to keep space sustainable—outer space, that is.

Mechanical engineering student Paul Cipparone combines his love for film with engineering skills.