ISSAC

Senator Byron Dorgan's Message About ISSAC

ISSAC ― A UND hat trick in space

	• The University of North Dakota first scored in March when our Energy & Environmental Research Center sent up specially designed materials. • In May, UND graduate and astronaut Karen Nyberg made her first trip into space. • And on November 14, ISSAC ― a specialized camera developed by eight UND departments ― blasted off on NASA’s Space Shuttle Endeavour. ISSAC will be used by farmers, ranchers, tribal governments, researchers, and others to evaluate crop health, rangeland productivity, impact of wildfires and floods, forest sustainability and other natural resources.

Explore other UND space-related programs: a space suit for Mars, North Dakota’s first rocket, an interactive training space capsule, the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium housed at UND, the nation’s only distance education Space Studies master’s degree program, and more.