In 1948, the Upper Atmosphere Lab was developed as a way to initiate a new era of space exploration at the University of Colorado. Since then, NASA has launched 15 alumni on 34 manned missions, in addition to designing and building instruments for NASA planetary missions. The Colorado lab is at the top of the space tier of University space research groups in the world, with a combination of superior qualities that allow it to be unique to the University academic environment.
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