Delivering the future of space science

We've received

$ 1 billion+

in research revenue

As CU Boulder’s highest-budget research institute, LASP has received over $1 billion in research revenue since 2013.

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LASP is the world’s only academic research institute to send instruments to all eight planets, Pluto…and beyond.

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university students

CU Boulder undergraduate and graduate students are integral team members in all LASP departments.

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LASP Cubesat Missions

June 9, 2025

From CubeSats to SmallSats—Big Science with Small Budgets in Astrophysics

The Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) team in April 2014 prior to the launch of MinXSS-1. The four-year project to design, build, integrate, test, and operate a small satellite to be launched into low-Earth orbit to take observations of the Sun involved many students. The MinXSS CubeSats have redefined how we explore the Sun and further extended the legacy of small satellites making big science possible. Credit: LASP

May 19, 2025

A New Dawn in Solar Science: Trio of Tiny CubeSats Unveiled Secrets of the Sun’s X-ray Light

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May 16, 2025

Using Federally Funded University Research To Power America

by Forbes
The first visible-light image of a green aurora on Mars, left, taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover. A comparison image, right, shows the night sky without the aurora but featuring the Martian moon Deimos. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS/SSI

May 14, 2025

NASA Observes First Visible-light Auroras at Mars

by NASA

Cultural Innovation

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At LASP, we are committed to creating an environment that is respectful. We believe this is fundamental to enabling peak creativity, innovation, and curiosity. Our unique individual experiences and points of view drive discovery. We strive to advance cultural innovation and to educate the next generation of leaders in space research.

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Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
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Boulder, CO 80303

Phone: (303) 492-6412
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