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Sourabh Shubham, a UMD doctoral student, helps discover a new volcano on mars

By Kaya Bogot Hiding in plain sight on the surface of Mars was something big that no one had discovered. No one except Sourabh Shubham, a geology Ph.D. student at the University of Maryland.   Shubham and his team weren’t looking for it, but once he saw it, there was no doubt he found something important. “Once you see it, once you recognize that, ‘hey, this … Continue reading Sourabh Shubham, a UMD doctoral student, helps discover a new volcano on mars

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‘Nothing stopping us’: UMD reaches for Mars

By Ilana Williams Humans spent decades sending robots into space, but they never took flight on Mars. It turns out all they might have needed was Ingenuity. NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft to fly on Mars on April 19. Members of the University of Maryland’s aerospace engineering department said they are excited for the next stage of space exploration. Ravi Lumba, a … Continue reading ‘Nothing stopping us’: UMD reaches for Mars

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