Category: 2008
MESSENGER reveals more “hidden” territory on Mercury
Oct 29, 2008Gliding over the battered surface of Mercury for the second time this year, NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft has revealed even more previously unseen real estate on the innermost planet, sending home hundreds of photos and measurements of its surface, atmosphere, and magnetic field. The probe flew by Mercury shortly after 4:40 a.m. EDT on October 6, [...]
NASA selects CU-Boulder to lead $485 million Mars mission
Sep 15, 2008In the largest research contract ever awarded to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has been selected by NASA to lead a $485 million orbiting space mission slated to launch in 2013 to probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over the ages. [...]
CU-Boulder returns nearly $3 million In cost savings to NASA for design and operation of satellite
Jun 17, 2008The University of Colorado at Boulder took an unusual step today by returning nearly $3 million in cost savings to NASA for an award-winning satellite mission designed, built and controlled by the university to study how the sun’s variation influences Earth’s climate and atmosphere. Known as the Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment, or SORCE, the [...]
CU-Boulder team to build $34 million instrument package for environmental satellite
May 13, 2008A $34 million solar instrument package to be built by the University of Colorado at Boulder, considered a crucial tool to help monitor global climate change, has been restored to a U.S. government satellite mission slated for launch in 2013. The package will be built by CU-Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics for the [...]
