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March 02, 2015

First Scientist Astronauts Graduate From Project PoSSUM

First Manned Commercial Suborbital Research Program Graduates Have Mission To Study Global Climate

Project PoSSUM, a non-profit suborbital research project devoted to the study of our upper atmosphere, announced Monday that it had graduated its first class of Scientist-Astronauts. The PoSSUM Scientist-Astronaut Qualification Program, designed by former NASA astronaut instructors and hosted by the Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, FL provides its candidates with the skills required to effectively conduct research on commercial space vehicles as part of an international research campaign dedicated to the study of global climate.

To Be Developed For Rocket And Missile Propulsion, Other Applications

Aerojet Rocketdyne has been awarded a contract to research and develop environmentally sustainable monopropellants and gas generators for rocket and missile propulsion and Divert Attitude Control Systems.

Will Sponsor Research In Specific High-Priority Areas

NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate is seeking proposals from accredited U.S. universities on behalf of outstanding early-career faculty members who are beginning independent research careers. The grants will sponsor research in specific high-priority areas of interest to America's space program.