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Aurora Photography with Vincent Ledvina
Vincent Ledvina On a sunny Saturday morning in Fairbanks, Alaska Space met up with Vincent Ledvina, a Space Physics PhD student at the...

Jessie Desmond
4 days ago3 min read


August 2025: UFO Report
The UFO Report is a monthly look at what has been reported to MUFON and NUFORC , the main reporting centers for UFO sightings. During...

Jessie Desmond
Sep 32 min read


Upcoming Interior Economic Boom?
Fairbanks, the second largest city in Alaska, has a few key things going for it: the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the proximity of...

Jessie Desmond
Sep 13 min read


Spacemen and UFOs in Alaska Native Myths
Note: This is a slightly altered section from chapter 1 of my book "Saucers of The North", but with some additional information added....

Jessie Desmond
Aug 48 min read


July 2025: UFO Report
The UFO Report is a monthly look at what has been reported to MUFON and NUFORC , the main reporting centers for UFO sightings. During...

Jessie Desmond
Aug 12 min read


Space & Technology, A Budget Solution?
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy talks to reporters during a news conference on Monday, May 19, 2025. (Photo by James Brooks/Alaska Beacon)...

Jessie Desmond
Aug 13 min read


What’s That In The Sky? 5 Apps To Try
If you have ever seen something in the sky and asked yourself “what’s that in the sky?” then you will know how frustrating it can be when...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 282 min read


Golden Dome Update
Posters that President Donald Trump used to announce Golden Dome depict missile defense as a shield. AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein The US...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 254 min read


Alaska Needs EO Sats, Downstream
Mock-up of an Earth Observation Satellite Earth Observation (EO) satellites are used for environmental monitoring, cartography,...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 223 min read


4 Alaska Native Corporations Connected With Space
In the state of Alaska, there are four Alaska Native corporations that are now connected with the space industry. These fall into the...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 182 min read


Impact of the Big Beautiful Bill Act Upon Alaska’s Space Industry
As of mid-July 2025, the Big Beautiful Bill Act has recently been passed. Alaska Space spent some time going through the document in an...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 155 min read


Ban Hydrazine in Alaska
Statement of problem or issue With the commercial space and aerospace industry booming, the use of “green” propulsion systems should be...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 129 min read


New Planetarium at UAF Underway
Planetarium construction at the Museum of The North. UAF photo by Karen Tomasik. A new planetarium is currently being constructed at UAF...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 111 min read


Two Spaceports For Alaska
A boost to the Alaskan space industry happened on June 10, 2025 when the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Geophysical Institute and...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 112 min read


ISRU mining: High resources, high risk
Originally submitted to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner's "Community Perspective". Alaskans are pretty familiar with a variety of...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 113 min read


Building Alaska’s space industry one statistic at a time
Originally submitted to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner's "Community Perspective". The Alaska Department of Labor produces annual labor...

Jessie Desmond
Jul 113 min read
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