Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, Department of (AOSS)

For more than 60 years, AOSS has been contributing to the development of atmospheric and space sciences, through research sponsored by NASA, NSF, DoD and other governmental agencies. Since 1946, faculty have built and flown more than 35 instruments on NASA and ESA spacecraft. In 2005, AOSS had more than $15 million in research expenditures, one of the largest research programs at the University of Michigan.