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The University of Illinois is a public land-grant research university known for its significant contributions to aerospace engineering and space technology. Its Department of Aerospace Engineering conducts research in space systems with support from NASA, NSF, and other organizations. The university's activities include CubeSat development, space mission design, and sustainable aviation projects, often in collaboration with partners like NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and JetZero.

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A collaboration led by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory developed the RADAR framework in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 3.5Feb 3, 2026AI framework links gravitational waves and radio afterglows

Lara Waldrop from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign leads the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory mission.

GovernanceValue 3.0Oct 5, 2025Sonde spaziali NASA lanciate per studiare il Sole e proteggere la Terra

The mission is led by Lara Waldrop from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

GovernanceValue 2.0Sep 25, 2025New NASA Mission to Reveal Earth's Invisible 'Halo'

The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory mission is led by Lara Waldrop from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

GovernanceGeneralValue 2.0Sep 25, 2025NASA, NOAA Launch Three Spacecraft to Map Sun’s Influence Across Space

Cameron Jones, 35, is a U.S. Air Force major with more than 1,600 flight hours and degrees in aerospace engineering from the University of Illinois.

GovernanceValue 2.0Sep 23, 2025All-American 2025 Class of Astronaut Candidates

NASA purchases high-resolution Digital Elevation Models produced by the EarthDEM Project, a collaboration that includes the University of Minnesota’s Polar Geospatial Center, Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Research Center, and the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and that is based on Maxar satellite data.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.5Oct 5, 2023NASA expands purchase of commercial Earth-observation data with latest award

Rogue Space Systems partnered with the University of Illinois to execute the first Phase II STTR award.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Sep 28, 2023Rogue Space Systems Selected by AFWERX to Develop CubeSat Dispenser Prototypes

With a Phase II STTR award working with the University of Illinois, Rogue Space Systems plans to develop a functional multi-purpose CubeSat dispenser system prototype to resolve frame style and dispenser system incompatibilities.

RelationshipsPlanCapabilityValue 4.0Sep 27, 2023Rogue Space Systems awarded USSF Phase 2 contracts

Rogue Space Systems partnered with the University of Utah and the University of Illinois to deliver the AFWERX STTR contracts.

RelationshipsValue 4.3Sep 27, 2023Rogue Space Systems awarded USSF Phase 2 contracts

Rogue Space Systems is partnering with the University of Illinois to produce a prototype dispenser that can host and deploy cubesats with either tabbed or railed frames.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.3Sep 27, 2023Rogue Space Systems gets US Air Force funds to advance in-orbit servicing tech

NASA purchased high-resolution Digital Elevation Models produced by the EarthDEM Project, a collaboration that includes the University of Minnesota’s Polar Geospatial Center, Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Research Center, and the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and that is based on Maxar satellite data.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Nov 15, 2022GeoOptics wins NASA Commercial SmallSat Data contract

The eight institutions collaborating at the Taylor Geospatial Institute are Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, Harris-Stowe State University, Missouri University of Science & Technology, Saint Louis University, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Missouri-Columbia, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Washington University in St. Louis.

RelationshipsValue 4.0Apr 22, 2022St. Louis comes together to announce the Taylor Geospatial Institute

NASA purchases high-resolution Digital Elevation Models produced by the EarthDEM Project, a collaboration that includes the University of Minnesota’s Polar Geospatial Center, Ohio State University’s Byrd Polar Research Center, and the University of Illinois National Center for Supercomputing Applications, based on Maxar satellite data.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Jan 28, 2022NASA to continue buying Earth-observation datasets

Shaowen Wang of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign received a Distinguished Scholarship Honor for his leading role in developing cyber-based geographic information science (cyberGIS).

GovernanceCapabilityValue 2.0Dec 17, 2021Eleven geographers honored for groundbreaking work

The University of Illinois awarded Blue Canyon Technologies a contract on 2021-05-12 to build two six-unit cubesats for a space science mission funded by the National Science Foundation.

RelationshipsPlanFinancialValue 4.7Jun 8, 2021Blue Canyon Technologies names new CEO

The University of Illinois is working with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and multiple universities on the VISORS program, including the Georgia Institute of Technology, Stanford University, Washington State University, the Ohio State University, Purdue University, the University of California San Diego, New Mexico State University, Montana State University, and the University of Colorado.

RelationshipsValue 4.0May 12, 2021University of Illinois taps Blue Canyon for scientific cubesat mission
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