Really enjoyed getting a closer look at what’s happening at the University of Arizona today. President Suresh Garimella, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Dr. Erika Hamden and the team took us through some of the work underway across astrophysics and planetary science, including an up-close look at the Magnum Telescope. We also had a packed house of students with a lot of great questions about where NASA is going and how they can be part of it. @uarizona has contributed to NASA missions for generations. So great to see that legacy continuing and meet some of the people who will carry it forward.

I love visiting students who are growing up in a world where America is returning to the Moon, building a Moon Base, preparing to get underway under nuclear power, and launching missions to unlock the secrets of the universe. The students at the University of Arizona are already playing a part, just as this institution has since the earliest days of America’s space program. From incredibly badass missions like OSIRIS-REx, to NIRCam on Webb and HiRISE at Mars, to their work on LEMS that NASA astronauts will deploy on the lunar surface, and now Pandora studying exoplanet atmospheres, this university has its fingerprints all over the great frontier. Just so exciting to be around and witness.