The University of Michigan Space Institute

Empowering the University of Michigan to Advance Its World Leadership in Space

The Space Institute is the central focal point of space-related research across the entire University of Michigan campus, where stakeholders are encouraged to collaborate creatively and effectively with colleagues from a broad range of backgrounds.

We Advance Leadership in Space Activities:
  • Scientifically (including fundamental and applied research)
  • Technically (via engineering and project synergies)
  • Socially (emphasizing society’s reliance on space)
  • Commercially (through innovation, workforce education and corporate partnerships)
Our Focus is Three-Fold:
  1. Conduct research from space
  2. Design systems to operate in space
  3. Allow humans to live in space

U-M Space News

  • A Vision for Safer Space Exploration with the CLEAR Center

    A Vision for Safer Space Exploration with the CLEAR Center

    The CLEAR Center, a Space Weather Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan, works to improve forecasting of solar energetic particles that emerge from a solar eruption, with speeds nearly reaching…


  • Getting the Most Out of Cosmic Maps

    Getting the Most Out of Cosmic Maps

    Research led by the University of Michigan could help put cosmology on the inside track to reaching the full potential of telescopes and other instruments studying some of the universe’s largest looming…


  • Light, Flexible and Radiation-Resistant: Organic Solar Cells for Space

    Light, Flexible and Radiation-Resistant: Organic Solar Cells for Space

    Radiation testing suggests that solar cells made from carbon-based, or organic, materials could outperform conventional silicon and gallium arsenide for generating electricity in the final frontier, a study from the University of…




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