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  • 2018
    • Current page: NASA explorer mission GOLD launches
    • Kevin Wang earns NSF CAREER award
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    • What do drones, augmented reality, and quadditch have in common?
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    • Jonathan Pitt appointed associate professor in the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
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NASA explorer mission GOLD launches

January 26, 2018

NASA-GOLD
GOLD will be the first NASA science mission to fly as a hosted payload on a commercial communications satellite. Photo credit: NASA.

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Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 241
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone: 540-231-6611
Fax: 540-231-9632

 

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    Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
    Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 241
    1600 Innovation Drive
    Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Phone: 540-231-6611
    Fax: 540-231-9632

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