ABOUT US

The Great Lunar Expediton project has been the hard work of the National Space Grant Consortia and a myriad of other individuals donating their time and effort for the sake of global collaboration and science. 

Chris Koehler, Director of Colorado Space Grant, teaches the Pathway to Space class at the University of Colorado, Boulder

STAFF & FACULTY

COSGC is joined by Space Grant teams from across the country in the development of our mission.   

COSGC student staff members hard at work on the GLEE project

STUDENTS

GLEE is supported by a group of CU Boulder students from a variety of backgrounds. A love of space is the only pre-req!

Students involved with one of COSGC's numerous outreach and teaching events.

YOU!

How will you join us for this expedition? Check out our Get Involved page or email us today!

LEAD ORGANIZATIONS

This project was developed and created by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium.

Current GLEEmers at COSGC

Meet the group of students from the University of Colorado who are currently working toward the next era of space, science, and accessibility!

Project Manager

Amanda Marlow 

Aerospace Engineering 

Favorite thing about the Moon: Seeing it makes me feel more connected to space.

Transitioning Project Manager

Emma Hopson

Creative Technology and Design 

Favorite thing about the Moon: How it lights up the night sky.

Spacecraft Lead

Nadia Abuharus 

Aerospace Engineering 

Favorite thing about the Moon: My favorite thing about the Moon is that tides on Earth are caused by its gravitational pull.

LunaSat Lead

Alison McCall

Electrical Engineering

Favorite thing about the moon: I think it's cool how the Moon can look so different depending on the position of the Moon, Earth, and Sun. 

Science Lead

Julia Sheeran

Aerospace Engineering

Favorite thing about the Moon: How high I could jump if I were on the Moon.

LunaSat and Avionics

Ricky Mannon

Electrical Engineering

Favorite thing about the Moon: Whalers on the Moon.

Software

Tyler Curnow

Computer Science

Favorite thing about the Moon: All the memories I have of looking through a telescope, at the Moon, with my grandfather

Software Lead

Matt Moran 

Computer Science 

Favorite thing about the Moon: The way it turns red during lunar eclipses!

Systems Lead

Evie Clarke 

Biomedical Engineering 

Favorite thing about the Moon: She is so good at being a Moon.

Spacecraft

Rishi Mayekar

Aerospace Engineering

Favorite thing about the Moon: That it is the perfect size and distance away to eclipse the Sun!

Communications and Public Outreach Lead

Julia Johnston

Astronomy & Planetary Sciences

Favorite thing about the Moon: How optical illusions can make it seem closer to Earth!

Systems

Nikhita Sathiyan

Aerospace Engineering

Favorite thing about the Moon: How great of an impact it has on our planet while still being so far away!

Spacecraft

Trent Bjorkman

Mechanical Engineering

Favorite thing about the Moon: The next total solar eclipse happens on April 8th, 2024.

Science

Julia Claxton

Aerospace Engineering

Favorite thing about the Moon: The craters are very pretty!!

Systems

María José Rodríguez Chamorro  

Aerospace Engineering

If the Moon had a song what would it be? Luna by Juanes

Spacecraft

Kintan Surghani

Aerospace Engineering

If the Moon had a song what would it be? Why iii love the Moon by Phony People

Software

Prashanth Srinivasan  

Computer Science

What's your favorite thing about the Moon? How it continues to amaze us!

Avionics Lead

Prasun Biswas

Embedded Systems & IoT

What's your favorite thing about the Moon? It's always loyal to come out and lighten up the dark sky.

Communications and Public Outreach

Bentura Salazar  

Astrophysics

What's your favorite thing about the Moon? The consequences of its tidal forces felt here on Earth!

Science

Angelina Miller 

Aerospace Engineering

What's your favorite thing about the Moon? How much of an impact it has here on Earth and that it has lunar swirls!

GLEE Alumni at COSGC

Hanna Galimanis 

Former PM 

Erin Omyer

Science

Adam Trunko

LunaSat

Lawson Nerenberg

Systems

Lorenzo Madera 

Communications

Yvonne Liu 

Software

Luke Roberson

Avionics

Kunal Sinha

LunaSat

Daedalus Muse 

Systems

Tim Bauer

LunaSat 

Tristian Schoeman 

Former PM 

Jackson Bilello 

Spacecraft

Rachel IIiff 

Communications

Lauren Daniels

Software