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Fox 13 News Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021
USU Space Dynamics Lab wins major NASA mission
LOGAN, Utah — 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 planet’s atmosphere.
“It takes a lot of effort to compete at that level and be awarded an entire mission like this,” said Burt Lamborn, the project manager. “It is a Logan, Utah centric mission that will revolutionize how scientists understand how earth weather affects that layer of space weather.”
The study will look at gravity waves caused by inclement weather and their impact on the ionosphere.