Space is the place News Archive
![Satellites at Magellan.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Cube_SAT_WEB-150x150.jpg)
New NSERC Chairs announced for U of M
May 11, 2018 —
More bang for your buck with low-cost satellite manufacturing
![Dr. Philip Ferguson (mechanical engineering) and his graduate students Valorie Platero and Matthew Driedger, with CSA Astronaut Dr. Jenni Sidey, and a model of CubeSAT.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/CSA_WEB-150x150.jpg)
CSA to help students design, build and launch their own satellites
May 4, 2018 —
Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Sidey announces student teams
![U of M students by their plane](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/airplane-1-150x150.jpg)
Engineering students soar to 1st place at international aerospace competition
March 13, 2018 —
"I was just in awe — could not believe it for a while, to be honest with you," said Jasjyot Barmi, who led the University of Manitoba SAE Aero team
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A Satellite’s Gravity
September 26, 2016 —
The U of M’s satellite project is a challenge-driven learning opportunity that has pulled more than 100 students—from engineering to fine arts—into its gravitational field.