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University of Michigan Main Menu Featured Stories UM astronomy will lead its first satellite mission The first space mission led by the University of Michigan Department of Astronomy is scheduled to launch in 2029. The mission is called STARISTarlight Acquisition and Reflection toward Interferometryand will showcase the viability of a new technique for studying exoplanets or planets outside of our solar system. Learn more about this mission Celebrating a milestone CT scan For seven years a CT scanner has been whirring away nearly around the clock tucked inside of a lab at the University of Michigan Research Museums Center. Now the UM MicroCT Scanning Laboratory has recently completed its 10000th scan a 3D scan of a wolverine skull collected in British Columbia in 1948.