
CubeSat Constellation deployed from International Space Station
Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer at 10:50 a.m. EDT this morning.

Three Virginia university satellites were deployed into nearly simultaneous orbit from the International Space Station via the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer at 10:50 a.m. EDT this morning.

Five UVA Baseball student-athletes were honored on the ACC All-Academic Team as announced by the league office on Tuesday. The five honorees matched a school record established in 2009.

The VCU School of Nursing has received a $1 million gift from the estate of Rebecca Bowen, an avid supporter of health care education and wife of Medical College of Virginia (now VCU) alumnus Robert Richardson Bowen, M.D.

Gov. Ralph Northam has announced an important land acquisition by the Chickahominy Tribe.

Environmental education experts, cabinet level representatives from state government and other decision-makers from throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed gathered at the George Mason University Potomac Science Center on Thursday to highlight challenges.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, comments on final Senate passage of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in Department of Commerce v. New York that a citizenship question in the U.S. Census report cannot proceed for 2020.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger today joined a majority of the House of Representatives in passing an appropriations bill that includes her bipartisan amendment to increase federal rural broadband funding by $55 million.

Virginia Tech will host an introductory-level workshop titled Remote Sensing Using ArcGIS Pro targeted to geospatial, planning, and natural resource professionals.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger’s bipartisan amendment to increase federal rural broadband infrastructure funding by $55 million was included today in a key House appropriations package.
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