How Aerospace and Space Technologies are Building Communities of Innovation on the Ground Explore this and more at AURP International Conference (Oct 18-21)
Tucson, Arizona, and Melbourne, Florida January 28, 2021
On the 35th anniversary of its founding, the Association of University Research Parks (AURP) announces its first orbiting community of innovation member – the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS); manager of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory under a cooperative agreement with NASA. AURP remains as the leading international nonprofit association representing research parks and innovation districts in 42 states and 12 countries around the globe and now, in space.
Research parks and innovation districts have evolved from their real estate focus in 1986 to today’s mixed-use innovation and applied research clusters sponsored by universities, federal labs, hospital systems, corporations, and cities. Technologies from bio health to clean energy to quantum computing are explored at thousands of companies in AURP-member research parks and innovation districts. Now with the addition of CASIS, space-based research and technologies can be added to the mix to further scientific knowledge and advance novel discoveries not possible on Earth. Additionally, the CASIS recent research announcement is focused on Technology Advancement and Applied Research for companies and organizations to propose investigative concepts that may be sent to the orbiting laboratory sponsored by the ISS National Lab.
