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USRA launches new program to support student research opportunities through partnership between the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory

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Monday, March 21, 2022
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COLUMBIA, Md., March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universities Space Research Association (USRA) has launched a unique partnership between the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory to advance scientific and technical research at seven selected universities.

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  • COLUMBIA, Md., March 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universities Space Research Association (USRA) has launched a unique partnership between the U.S. Space Force and the Air Force Research Laboratory to advance scientific and technical research at seven selected universities.
  • The University Consortium Research Opportunity (UCRO) announcement signifies the beginning of a critical partnership between USSF and AFRL that connects government with academic research.
  • The U.S. Space Force (USSF) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) established the University Consortium Research Opportunity (UCRO) to engage students and postdoctoral fellows in space-based research and development to increase the number and diversity of future space professionals.
  • The USSF and the UCRO seek to fund university teams committed to developing new and novel solutions to research problems.

Chongqing Jiaotong University marks 70th anniversary with glorious past and promising future

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Friday, December 10, 2021
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CQJTU is a distinctive, multi-disciplinary university with a primary focus in transportation engineering.

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  • CQJTU is a distinctive, multi-disciplinary university with a primary focus in transportation engineering.
  • In 2006, it was again renamed Chongqing Jiaotong University, and listed as a doctoral degree conferring institution.
  • With 19 schools (departments), the university offers 13 national first-class undergraduate programs and 38 Chongqing first-class undergraduate programs.
  • It is also listed in the first batch of the "Chinese Exemplary University of Employment" and "Chinese Exemplary University of Innovation and Entrepreneurship".

Chongqing Jiaotong University marks 70th anniversary with glorious past and promising future

Retrieved on: 
Friday, December 10, 2021
Chongqing Jiaotong University, Engineering, School, University, National, Technology, University consortium, State Key Laboratories, Confucius, Howard Johnson Co. v. Detroit Local Joint Executive Board, Employment, Entrepreneurship, Virtue, Yangtze, Belt, Transport, Communication, Belt and Road Initiative, Daba Mountains, Innovation, Tunnel, Housing and Building National Research Center, Medicine

CQJTU is a distinctive, multi-disciplinary university with a primary focus in transportation engineering.

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  • CQJTU is a distinctive, multi-disciplinary university with a primary focus in transportation engineering.
  • In 2006, it was again renamed Chongqing Jiaotong University, and listed as a doctoral degree conferring institution.
  • With 19 schools (departments), the university offers 13 national first-class undergraduate programs and 38 Chongqing first-class undergraduate programs.
  • It is also listed in the first batch of the "Chinese Exemplary University of Employment" and "Chinese Exemplary University of Innovation and Entrepreneurship".

USRA Continues Low Earth Orbit Presence with Nanoracks and Voyager Space

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Wednesday, December 8, 2021
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To maintain an uninterrupted U.S. presence in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by transitioning from the International Space Station to commercial platforms, NASA signed an agreement with Nanoracks and their partners at Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin.

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  • To maintain an uninterrupted U.S. presence in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) by transitioning from the International Space Station to commercial platforms, NASA signed an agreement with Nanoracks and their partners at Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin.
  • This agreement helps enable Nanoracks to begin designing its Starlabcommercial space station as part of NASA's Commercial LEO Development program.
  • Nanoracks' existing commercial research lab on the International Space Station is the first IASP member laboratory in space.
  • USRA engages the university community and employs in-house scientific leadership, innovative research and development, and project management expertise.More information about USRA is available at www.usra.edu .