Media Source: Privately Funded Spacecraft

Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn, a UC Davis professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, can comment on the launch of "Spaceship One," the privately funded rocket that will attempt a record flight on June 21. Sarigul-Klijn has worked on similar designs for spacecraft launched from aircraft. She teaches undergraduate classes in rocket design and coordinates the UC Davis SpaceEd graduate program in space engineering. She expects to attend the launch of Spaceship One from the Mojave Desert. More information: http://mae.ucdavis.edu/faculty/sarigul/sarigul.html. Contact: Nesrin Sarigul-Klijn, Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, (530) 752-0682, nsarigulklijn@ucdavis.edu.

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Andy Fell, Research news (emphasis: biological and physical sciences, and engineering), 530-752-4533, ahfell@ucdavis.edu

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