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Less than a month after 易胜博官网 received a $108 million NASA contract, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen visited campus for an up-close look at the university鈥檚 Space Science Center and the faculty members, researchers and students engaged in NASA partnerships.

鈥淚t was some of the brilliant minds and the great ideas that came from this institution that led to this award,鈥� Bridenstine said of the recent contract to 易胜博官网 for GLIMR, a space-based instrument that will study coastal ecosystems.

Bridenstine and Shaheen toured several key 易胜博官网-NASA partnerships, including GLIMR, led by research associate professor Joseph Salisbury. 鈥淕LIMR鈥檚 high-frequency oscillations will allow us to see variability in phytoplankton communities as they evolve over the course of the day,鈥� Salisbury said.

鈥淭he work being done at 易胜博官网 will help determine when NASA will send astronauts most safely to the moon and eventually to Mars.鈥�

Other stops on the Morse Hall tour visited the moon, the sun and the edge of the solar system. Research scientists Jody Wilson, Andrew Jordan, Wouter de Wet and Fatemah Rahmanifard discussed 易胜博官网鈥檚 work on the ; Professor Emeritus Eberhard M枚bius and professor Nathan Schwadron described understanding the edge of our solar system with the IBEX and IMAP missions; professor Roy Torbert and students detailed the successful that鈥檚 helping us understand solar events that spark auroras and could disrupt Earth-based power grids and communications; and research scientist Jonathan Niehof and students described their work with the Parker Solar Probe, NASA鈥檚 mission to 鈥渢ouch the sun.鈥�

易胜博官网 has been involved in sounding rocket launches since 1964, associate professor Marc Lessard and students told Bridenstine. And Harlan Spence, director of the , shared his work on the .

Both visitors were engaged and curious, peppering the researchers with questions and connecting with the many undergraduate and graduate students who participated. Bridenstine asked undergraduate students working on the Parker Solar Probe to pose with him for a selfie, which he posted on .

鈥淲hen it comes to heliophysics, the study of the sun, there is no place on Earth that has the quality of research and the engineering to do that,鈥� Bridenstine said of 易胜博官网. 鈥淭he work being done at 易胜博官网 will help determine when NASA will send astronauts most safely to the moon and eventually to Mars.鈥�

Following the tour, Shaheen and Bridenstine participated in a roundtable discussion with Granite State businesses that have contributed technology and supplies to NASA.

鈥淭he research and work done at 易胜博官网 is critical to gaining valuable scientific knowledge and is boosting our economy while making 易胜博官网 a leader in this sector,鈥� said Shaheen. 鈥淎s the ranking member of the subcommittee responsible for funding NASA, I鈥檒l keep fighting to ensure the agency has the resources it needs to invest in research and education and to meet our national goals, where 易胜博官网 continues to play an important role in advancing America鈥檚 leadership in space.鈥�

鈥淲e love to step up to the plate and take leadership roles on these important missions,鈥� said EOS director Spence, thanking Shaheen and Bridenstine for NASA鈥檚 long-term confidence in 易胜博官网. 鈥淭he interdisciplinary research that鈥檚 in our DNA here in EOS is what helps us lead the way and remain innovative.鈥�