International Space University

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The International Space University (ISU) is a higher education institute dedicated to the discovery, research, and development of outer space and its applications for peaceful purposes, through international and multidisciplinary education and research programs. ISU was founded in 1987 by Peter H. Diamandis, Todd B. Hawley and Robert D. Richards, incorporated on July 15, 1987 in Massachusetts as a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation originally called 'International Space University Project, Inc.' (ISU changed its corporate name to 'International Space University Organization, Inc.' in 1991). Supported by most of the world's space agencies, ISU created and began offering its flagship 'Space Studies Program' annually in cities around the world, starting with its inaugural 1988 session at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Following an international competition for permanent global campus facilities in 1992 and 1993, ISU awarded its central campus operations to a bid group from...

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