News Archive

NASA robotic mission to explore the Moon’s mysterious Gruithuisen Domes

CU Boulder receives NASA grant to develop new technology to monitor space weather effects

LASP helps host members of U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

LASP instrument selected for the next NASA ‘Living With a Star’ mission

CU’s LASP to lead operations for new NASA mission to ‘find asteroids before they find us’

NASA awards $14 million to CU-LASP for two new CubeSat missions

LASP students, staff are ready to operate NASA’s new IXPE mission to study black holes

Celebrating CU’s Bruce Jakosky and his dedication to the MAVEN mission to Mars

LASP scientists and teams receive NASA achievement medals

GOLD reveals unexpected changes in Earth’s nighttime ionosphere

An infrared close up of the moon

NASA selects LASP-led IMPACT center to conduct dust-related research

MAVEN sets its sights beyond Mars

From concept to satellite instrument in three months

Small satellites tackle big scientific questions

In its final days, Cassini bathed in “ring rain”

MAVEN selfie marks four years in orbit at Mars

NASA’s GOLD instrument captures its first image of the Earth

Students race robots, write code at hands-on summer camp

Here comes the Sun: New spacecraft to fly closer than ever before

Mars terraforming not possible using present-day technology

The outer limits: New satellite to probe solar system’s edges

LASP sounding rocket takes a second look at the Sun

GOES-17 shares first data from EXIS instrument

NASA powers on LASP instrument suite staring at the Sun

LASP-led CubeSat will study Earth’s inner radiation belt

NOAA satellite launches with LASP space weather instrument onboard

GOLD launches successfully onboard SES-14 satellite

GOLD team successfully completes environmental testing

MAVEN mission sheds light on habitability of distant planets

Schneider honored for helping unravel mysteries of Mars

LASP-led team to study evaporating atmospheres of “hot Jupiters”

TSIS shipped to Kennedy Space Center for upcoming launch

1,000 Days in Orbit: MAVEN’s Top 10 Discoveries at Mars

NASA’s Van Allen Probes spot man-made barrier shrouding Earth

GOLD installed on commercial communications satellite

Cassini starts its grand finale

GOLD one step closer to launching into space

High-altitude water acts as atmospheric escape route for Martian hydrogen

LASP will lead operations for NASA black holes mission

Ready for launch: Instrument suite to assess space weather

MAVEN spacecraft completes one Mars year of science observations

MinXSS CubeSat fills critical gap in measuring the sun

Launching rockets and STEM dreams for first-generation students

LASP scientists, students primed for Juno arrival at Jupiter

Sounding rocket EVE supports tune-up of SDO EVE instrument

MinXSS CubeSat set to deploy from ISS, study sun’s soft X-rays

Cassini Spacecraft Samples Interstellar Dust

Student Dust Counter got few “hits” during Pluto flyby

MAVEN Mission Reveals Speed of Solar Wind Stripping Martian Atmosphere

LASP scientist elected AGU fellow

CU Boulder Students, Faculty Primed for July 14 Pluto Encounter

Moon engulfed in permanent, lopsided dust cloud

LASP instrument selected for NASA mission to Europa

Using a Sounding Rocket to Help Calibrate NASA’s SDO

PRESS RELEASE: United Arab Emirates to partner with CU-Boulder on 2021 Mars mission

CU-Boulder hitches a ride to space on commercial satellite

After successful mission to Mercury, spacecraft on a crash course with history

LASP Director Awarded Sarabhai Professorship and Prize

PRESS RELEASE: GOLD Approved for Final Design and Fabrication

LASP cubesat will study the sun in soft X-rays

MAVEN spacecraft detects aurora and mysterious dust cloud around Mars

MMS launches to study magnetic reconnection

PRESS RELEASE: Saturn Moon’s Ocean May Have Hydrothermal Activity

CU-Boulder students to help control instruments on MMS from LASP

Mars spacecraft, including MAVEN, reveal comet flyby effects on Martian atmosphere

MAVEN spacecraft’s first look at Mars holds surprises

NASA Shares What MAVEN Spacecraft Has Seen in its First Few Weeks at Mars

LASP researchers to study origins, evolution of life in universe

MAVEN returns first Mars observations

New Earth-Observing Instrument Makes Successful Balloon Flight

LASP-led Mars mission set for orbit insertion on Sept. 21

Colorado aerospace leaders host program on MAVEN and Mars exploration

Kepler receives two-year extension for K2 mission

LASP instrument aboard NASA lunar mission set to impact moon

New study shows citizens count lunar craters on par with professionals

MAVEN on Track to Carry Out its Science Mission

Lunar mission with LASP instrument receives extension

LASP celebrates a year of exploration, discovery, and accomplishments

MAVEN launched to study upper atmosphere of Mars

Get involved: MAVEN blast-off to Mars!

LASP balloon launches with first-of-its-kind test instrument

MAVEN haiku selected for travel to Mars

MAVEN arrives in Florida for launch preparations

LASP instrument reveals a particle accelerator in near-Earth space

Public voting opens on MAVEN haiku contest

MAVEN Student Art Contest Winner Announced

LASP-built space weather instrument ready for delivery

Kepler spacecraft discovers smallest “habitable zone” planets to date

PRESS RELEASE: LASP will partner on NASA mission to study Earth’s upper atmosphere

Kepler mission extended through 2016

Student-built satellite delivered to California for upcoming launch

LASP scientists elected as AGU fellows

Students use Student Dust Counter data to improve understanding of space dust

LASP scientist successfully models Saturn dust streams

LASP Director to lead AGU workshop on space weather

LASP scientist receives Humboldt Research Award

PRESS RELEASE: MAVEN Mission Primary Structure Complete

UARS satellite carrying LASP-built instrument set for re-entry