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University of Illinois wins the LEAPFROG Software Challenge
A team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign won the summer 2021 LEAPFROG Software challenge. Professor Melkior Ornik’s graduate students Hamza El-Kebir served as the team’s student lead and Pranay Thangeda was the navigation lead. Congratulations to this outstanding team! (https://aerospace.illinois.edu/news/41550). USC SERC along with UCSD and UC-Berkeley hosted the challenge as part of the Artemis…

“Dr” Rahul Rughani PhD Awarded
Congratulations to "Dr" Rahul Rughani for defending and receiving his PhD!

Discussion on Space Sector Hiring and Challenges from USC and MIT
Universities that pride themselves on offering hands-on instruction have been forced to modify their curriculum in light of a pandemic that prevents groups of students from gathering in laboratories to build cubesats, rockets and rovers.

USC SERC Supports Sustainable Space Digital Symposium from EPFL
#1 Sustainable Space Logistics digital symposium February 16-18th 2021

SERC Proud to Have Supported JPL’s RainCube Mission
RainCube, designed to study storms, was the first to fly a radar science instrument on a CubeSat.

SERC Supports Aerospace Corporation Sessions at Space2020
Experts from The Aerospace Corporation will be participating at TechCrunch's Space 2020, a two-day virtual event featuring fireside chats and panel discussions with the top investors, founders, and technologists forging the future of space.

USC SERC Proud to Team with Lockheed Martin on Next Cubesat
USC students will build the satellites and integrate them with Lockheed Martin’s SmartSat mission payload.

Plans for NASA Artemis LEAPFROG National Competition
USC students and researchers at ISI SERC are building a lunar landing flight vehicle as part of NASA’s Artemis program.

USC SERC’s first Ad Astra Workshop on Space Governance announced
SERC is pleased to announce the first Ad Astra workshop on global space governance.
