blog posts Celebrate the first Illinois NASA mission, led by Grainger Engineering’s Lara Waldrop Sep 12, 2025 7:30 am by Thomas BruchDiscovery Share on Facebook Tweet Email Images The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory launches this. Illinois engineering professor Lara Waldrop is leading this groundbreaking mission, which will orbit the sun and capture high-resolution ultraviolet images of Earth’s upper atmosphere. Share on Facebook Tweet Email