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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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Opportunity fights for life, but its success is cemented in history

June 15, 2018

Mason Peck, former NASA Chief Technologist and Cornell University aerospace engineering professor, comments on the legacy of NASA's Opportunity rover — now facing a massive wind storm on Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Apollo 11 inspired one generation, still challenges the next

May 15, 2019

Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Elizabeth Bilson, former administrative director of space sciences, Peter Thomas, a visiting scientist at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, and Philip Nicholson, professor of astronomy and deputy director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, comment on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Arts and Sciences
Engineering

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Countdown to launch: Cornell scientists play key roles in James Webb Space Telescope

August 27, 2021

Cornell University scientists are playing key roles in the launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

The price of space clutter: Debris threatens cosmos exploration, Washington’s wallet

June 19, 2018

Mason Peck, former NASA Chief Technologist and Cornell University aerospace engineering professor, comments on space debris and President Trump's directive to address the problem.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Drug-resistant fungus a ‘public health emergency’

April 11, 2019

Guillaume Lambert, a professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University, comments on an outbreak of a drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Facebook’s renaming comes at critical moment

October 20, 2021

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on the metaverse, reports suggest.

Social & Behavioral Sciences
Computing & Information Sciences

Right-left political bias in the spotlight with Google testimony

December 6, 2018

Drew Margolin, professor of communication at Cornell University, comments on an upcoming Congressional testimony from Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

Computing & Information Sciences
Agriculture and Life Sciences

Faster diagnostics, personalized antibiotics needed to halt superbugs

April 4, 2018

Ilana Lauren Brito, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Cornell University, comments on the rise of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the United States.

Engineering
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket poised to change space exploration forever

February 6, 2018

Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and former Chief Technologist at NASA comments on SpaceX's much anticipated test launch of its Falcon Heavy Rocket.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering
Arts and Sciences

Magma expert: Iceland volcano spewing CO2 may not signal impending eruption

September 24, 2018

Esteban Gazel, associate professor of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University, comments on news that the Katla volcano in Iceland is emitting large volumes of carbon dioxide.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

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