The University of Texas (UT) is a public research university that plays a significant role in the space industry through its various research centers and academic departments. UT's Center for Space Research (CSR) focuses on areas like geodesy, celestial mechanics, and remote sensing, and has a long history of supporting major NASA missions. UT also offers degree programs in aerospace engineering and collaborates with partners like NASA, Lockheed Martin, and other universities on space-related projects. Associated keywords include: space research, aerospace engineering, remote sensing, NASA, and satellite missions.
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Of the 8,211 current U.S.-based SpaceX employees tracked by Crustdata, 110 graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology, 108 from the University of Michigan, 92 from Purdue University, 91 from the University of Texas at Austin, and 85 from the University of Southern California.
Dr. Moriba Jah leads the Jah Decision Intelligence Group at the University of Texas, which focuses on Space Object Behavioral Sciences and applies AI to track and understand orbital object behavior.
Dr. Lori Magruder is Director of the Center for Space Research at the University of Texas at Austin and has contributed precision geolocation and coastal bathymetry products using satellite altimetry.
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have produced the first global inventory of major Martian river basins and identified 16 large-scale river systems that could have supported habitable conditions.
TACC awarded Goldstein allocations on the Lonestar6 and Stampede3 supercomputers through The University of Texas Research cyberinfrastructure portal.
Amit Kshatriya was born in Wisconsin and attended the California Institute of Technology and the University of Texas at Austin.
Locus Lock spun out of the University of Texas Radionavigation Laboratory and joined the Techstars Space Accelerator in 2023.
Locus Lock was founded in 2021 at the University of Texas at Austin’s Radionavigation Laboratory directed by engineering professor Todd Humphreys.
A team from the University of Texas won the top prize in the 2023 SmallSat Alliance Collegiate Space Competition.
Qrypt is partnering with the National Security Collaboration Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio to evaluate Qrypt’s solution on Department of the Air Force–specific use cases and challenges applying quantum-resistant encryption.
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) received a five-year, $5,000,000 grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Space University Research Initiative (SURI) to study URSOs.
The two NITC-funded studies received additional support from the cities of Arlington and Irving, the Oregon Department of Transportation, the University of Texas at Arlington, and the University of Utah.
Researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington deployed Cepton’s Helius Smart Lidar System at two busy intersections in Texas.
Kayhan Space, Astroscale U.S., and the University of Texas at Austin won a U.S. Space Force award to develop an intelligent platform that autonomously enables spacecraft to engage with on-orbit support vehicles for refueling, maintenance, debris removal, and national security services.
During Phase 1 of the SpaceWERX STTR program, Kayhan Space will collaborate with Astroscale U.S. engineers and University of Texas at Austin spaceflight researchers and students to deliver an optimized rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO) management solution.
On 2022-09-28, Kayhan Space, Astroscale US, and the University of Texas at Austin won a U.S. Space Force Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase 1 award worth $250,000 under the Orbital Prime program.
Astroport Space Technologies is partnering with The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to develop geotechnical engineering processes for Lunar Surface Site Preparation for Landing/Launch Pad and Blast Shield Construction.
Moriba Jah is an associate professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Marchand has taught as an Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Austin.
Thermal Plasma Sensor for the Geospace Dynamics Constellation (TPS) is being considered for delivery of thermal plasma instruments to the GDC spacecraft and is led by Philip Anderson at the University of Texas in Dallas.