ASU NewSpace is combining academic and commercial enterprises to expand U.S. leadership in space-related enterprises and drawing on ASU’s strengths in space science, engineering and education to explore the potential for what NewSpace could achieve, including paving the way to a future powered by renewable energy. Nicholas Rolston (pictured), assistant professor in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, part of the Fulton Schools, and a partner on NASA research grants, is working on an Air Force proposal to use next-generation space power. He is also focusing on academic-commercial partnerships to give students opportunities for roles in space research and industry. Two of Rolston’s engineering undergraduate students have already been NASA Space Grant fellows sponsored by NewSpace.