Month: December 2022

NASA’s GLIDE Mission Renamed in Honor of Dr. George R. Carruthers

NASA has renamed its Global Lyman-alpha Imager of the Dynamic Exosphere, or GLIDE, mission in honor of Dr. George R. Carruthers.

On Dec. 2, 2022, Carruthers’ family and friends gathered with leaders from the mission’s participating institutions to officially name the mission the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory. The renaming event took place at Carruthers’ alma mater, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in the 1960s.

Learn more about Dr. Carruthers, the renaming, and the mission here.

Updates on the mission will now be available on blogs.nasa.gov/carruthersgeocoronaobservatory.

A photo montage. On the foreground, Dr. Carruthers looks into the camera holding an award. On his left, another image of Dr. Carruthers in a white lab coat and the golden telescope on the moon. To his right, another image of Dr. Carruthers in a suit and tie.
Dr. George R. Carruthers (1939-2020) was a visionary scientist, inventor, engineer, and educator. Now, he is the namesake of a new NASA mission formerly known as GLIDE.