Space Science Institute

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The Space Science Institute (SSI) in Boulder, Colorado, is a nonprofit, public benefit corporation dedicated to research and education in planetary science and astrophysics.

The primary goal of SSI is to bring together researchers and educators to improve science education. Toward this end, the institute acts as an umbrella for researchers who wish to be independent of universities. In addition, it works with educators directly to improve teaching methods for astronomy. SSI has also produced several traveling exhibits for science museums, including Electric Space, Mars Quest, and Alien Earths. It is currently producing Giant Worlds.

It has been involved in mission operations, such as that of the Imaging Science Subsystem on the Cassini spacecraft to Saturn and is the home of the Cassini Imaging Central Laboratory for OPerationS (CICLOPS)^[1].

The Institute is affiliated loosely with the University of Colorado, Boulder.