Oak Park native and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduate Benjamin Parks recently won 2nd place in a national contest to plan a 15-month space mission. He has since accepted his first career in aeronautical engineering and plans to work in the space program. Continue reading here.

The Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics holds an annual competition for students to complete various aeronautical or astronautical tasks. This year's winner was a local resident and U of I grad