Orbital Calibration 2 (OrCa-2)

Project Sponsor : AFRL Start Date : 08/01/2022 Faculty Investigator : Professor Brian Gunter Project Status : To be delivered Summer 2024 OrCa-2 is a continued effort to improve Space Domain Awareness (SDA) in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory. By fully characterizing the reflectance properties on Earth, OrCa-2 can aid the calibration of […]

NASA VIPER: Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover

Project Sponsor : NASA Start Date : Launch in late 2024 Faculty Investigator : Dr. Masatoshi “Toshi” Hirabayashi Project Status : Ongoing The NASA/VIPER is a rover mission to be deployed at Mons Mouton, near the lunar south pole for directly investigating water ice and other volatiles hosted on the surface and subsurface of the […]

Metabolism & Aging: Improving health and lifespan on Earth and beyond

Faculty Investigator : Dr. Christopher E. Carr Project Status : Completed Working with colleagues at the Massachusetts General Hospital and elsewhere, mainly from 2005-2020, we have identified conserved regulators of aging, fat accumulation, metabolism, stress resistance, and reproductive longevity. Our work has identified approaches to improve healthspan and lifespan in aging populations as well as a deeper understanding of the evolutionary […]