into space than any institution of higher learning in the world.
=== GASPACS ===
GASPACS (Get Away Special Passive Attitude Control Satellite) was a NASA sponsored 1U CubeSat developed entirely by undergraduate members of Utah State University's Get Away Special (GAS) team. The primary mission objective of GASPACS was to deploy a 1-meter inflatable aerodynamic boom to passively stabilize its attitude. GASPACS was the world's first CubeSat to be developed entirely by undergraduate students, and was also the world's first CubeSat to utilize a Raspberry Pi Zero as its flight computer.
=== USTAR ===
Along with the University of Utah, Utah State is an anchor in the Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) program, which is aimed at optimizing the region's most marketable strengths to bolster Utah's high-tech economy. Eight USTAR teams currently perform research at Utah State as follows:
=== Undergraduate research ===
USU's undergraduate research program was founded in 1975, making it the second program …