A Year With KMI
2 minute read - From learning CAD to designing capture targets for REACCH, Engineering Intern Joe Giroux has spent the last year transforming curiosity into capability. As he heads to Michigan Tech to study Mechanical Engineering, we celebrate the work he’s done at KMI—and the engineer he’s becoming.
The Legend of Laelaps
3 minute read - What's in a name? More than you might think. KMI's first spacecraft needed a title that not only symbolized its mission but also paid homage to the myths of old. After much debate, we landed on "Laelaps"—a name rooted in Greek legend. But what does a mythic hound, destined to catch everything it chases, have to do with space?
Summer Internship With KMI
4 minute read - In today's column, Bookkeeping Intern Emma Arbelius reflects on her summer experience at KMI.
Being an Intern at KMI
4 minute read - In today's column, Orbital Archivist Intern Cash Bilton reflects on his summer experience at KMI.
Summer Robotics Internship
4 minute read - In today's column, Robotics Actuation R&D Intern Noa/h Milivojevic reflects on his summer experience at KMI
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Summer of Law and Space Debris
4 minute read - In today's column, Legislative Space Intern Gabe Celello reflects on his summer experience in Space law and debris at KMI.
Astronaut to Advisor: KMI Welcomes Dr. Anna Fisher
KMI is thrilled to welcome Dr. Anna Lee Fisher to their formal advisory board! An astronaut, doctor, and mother, Dr. Fisher has over 35 years of NASA experience, including historic space missions and pivotal roles in the development of the ISS. Read more about her incredible journey and contributions to space exploration in our latest column by Corinne Moore.
Pricing it Right: The Fresnel Project
4.5 minute read - Explore how KMI prices debris removal missions within the Fresnel project, in collaboration with Privateer. KMI's Maria Berishaj, Bao-Minh Hoang, and Adam Kall delve deeper and explain not only how it's done, but why it's import on the mission of #KeepingSpaceClearForAll.
KMI: The Origin Story
8.5 minute read - In the days leading up to the ribbon cutting of KMI’s lab and office in downtown Marquette, the team takes a look back at the origins of Kall Morris Inc that Adam Kall, Austin Morris, and Troy M. Morris founded on the mission of Keeping Space Clear For All.
KMI Answers the Call for Sustainable Space Leadership
3.5 minute read - Corinne Moore and Maria Berishaj respond to Intelsat’s Call for Sustainable Leadership, exploring the efforts KMI undertakes to uphold the three pillars of Measure, Adapt, and Assess & Correct.
Space, Satellites, & Small Kids
7 minute read - In today’s column, Troy Morris, KMI Director of Operations, quickly summarizes and simplifies on the question, “how do satellites work.” Hint, it's a lot of hard work, hard work that deserves a chance to continue flying through the completion of their mission. Hard work that deserves a safer, lower-risk, debris-free environment, which is why we keep working on #KeepingSpaceClearForAll.
KMI Retrospective: Keweenaw Rocket Range
6 minute read - Before joining the team, KMI Communications Coordinator Liza Fust was also a freelance writer. Reprinted here with permission of Marquette Monthly magazine is a feature she wrote on the Keweenaw Rocket Range that launched the first rocket from Michigan to reach space in 1971. Much has changed with the state of Michigan’s aerospace industry since this article ran in 2019, read the column for a glimpse into the past and future of space of Michigan.