Urbana, Ill. An interdisciplinary collaboration between Illinois 4-H and the Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois (LASSI) makes it possible for middle and high school STEM students to participate in a real satellite program and see their experiments launched into space.
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Waldrop Leads $75 Million NASA Mission to Investigate Earth’s Atmosphere
January 28, 2021 GMT
Lara Waldrop, assistant professor of electrical & computer engineering, University of Illinois
URBANA, Ill. - January 28, 2021 - ( Newswire.com )
University of Illinois Electrical & Computer Engineering Assistant Professor Lara Waldrop has been selected by NASA to lead the development of a $75 million satellite that ultimately may help protect technology like satellite electronics, radio communication, electric power distribution, and even air travel from the dangers of solar storms.
Waldrop’s Solar Terrestrial Probes (STP) Science Mission of Opportunity, titled “Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere,” or “GLIDE” for short, was chosen for implementation after a competitive selection process and is expected to be launched in 2025. GLIDE will make unprecedented measure