NASA space missions named after UChicago scientists

To date, six spacefaring missions have been named in honor of scientists affiliated with the University of Chicago—a number which underscores the school's legacy of excellence in astronomy and astrophysics. 

UChicago scientists Edwin Hubble, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Nancy Grace Roman, Enrico Fermi, and Arthur Holly Compton all received the honor of a named spacecraft posthumously. In 2017, Prof. Eugene Parker also became the first living person to have a NASA mission named after him: the Parker Solar Probe.