SPRL – University of Michigan Space Institute

NASA Announces Lepri Will Serve as SunRISE Mission Lead

Posted on June 5, 2025 (June 25, 2025) by U-M Space Institute

In June, NASA announced that Professor Sue Lepri, who works as the director of the Space Physics Research Laboratory and a professor at the University of Michigan Department of Climate and Space and Engineering, is taking over as the Principal Investigator of the SunRISE Mission, or the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment.

U-M Space Institute Supports Space Medicine at ResearchPalooza and Wins Service Award

Posted on October 23, 2024 (December 11, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The University of Michigan Space Institute participated at ResearchPalooza in September on the University of Michigan Medical School campus. During the event, experts from the U-M Space Institute raised awareness of existing opportunities for students, faculty, and university partners to engage in space medicine research and education.

SPRL Moves New SPICES Instrument Closer to Realization

Posted on April 25, 2024 (October 3, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

In an effort to demystify the chemical make-up of the solar wind, the Space Physics Research Laboratory (SPRL) has developed an instrument capable of accelerating particles faster than ever before onboard a spacecraft, improving their identification.

“Shields Up: New Ideas Might Make Active Shielding Viable”

Posted on March 11, 2024 (March 14, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The work of engineers at the Space Physics Research Laboratory, which is housed at the University of Michigan, and space scientists around the world was featured in an article by ARS Technica entitled “Shields up: New ideas might make active shielding viable.” | March 11, 2024

“University of Michigan Partners with NASA to Study Venus in Unprecedented New Mission”

Posted on June 22, 2023 (February 22, 2024) by U-M Space Institute

The Space Physics Research Laboratory was featured in an article on Fox2Detroit.com titled “University of Michigan Partners with NASA to Study Venus in Unprecedented New Mission,” for its work building a mass spectrometer that can survive the hottest planet in the solar system. | April 2023