USU Space Dynamics Lab wins major NASA mission and last updated 2021-01-10 19:42:15-05 LOGAN, Utah â The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University has been awarded a contract from NASA. The SDL is tasked with investigating how large weather events on earth, like hurricanes or thunderstorms, create disturbances above the planetâs atmosphere. âIt takes a lot of effort to compete at that level and be awarded an entire mission like this,â said Burt Lamborn, the project manager. âIt is a Logan, Utah centric mission that will revolutionize how scientists understand how earth weather affects that layer of space weather.â