Space
Over several white-knuckle months, an operations team at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics brought a small satellite back from the dead—just in time to explore a region of space known as Very Low Earth Orbit.
Researchers are helping lead efforts to plan NASA's next-generation large space telescope, the Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will be the first telescope specifically designed to identify habitable, Earth-like planets.
A company founded by LASP researchers has been awarded one of ten NASA TechLeap Prizes for the development of a system that will use electron beams to charge lunar dust to repel and remove it from surfaces, including spacesuits and solar panels.
Ten years ago, a pioneering spacecraft flew past Pluto, sending startling images of the dwarf planet back to Earth. Current and former students at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder reflect on their time working on the mission.
Anant Telikicherla is developing new instrumentation to improve the space weather forecasting of damaging solar flares.
In the not-so-distant future, humans could train to operate robots on the moon using hyper-realistic virtual reality simulations, or "digital twins."
¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder has established the Colorado Space Policy Center—designed for original research; discussion and debate on space policy issues; educational programming and more.
A $2.5 million donation will establish a new endowed professorship in space policy and law, with broad implications for national security, global communications, navigation, weather forecasting and international collaboration.
Employees in the Space Weather Prediction Center created a simulated space weather event to help foster communication and teamwork.
For six weeks this summer, scientists from across the country, including researchers at ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä Boulder, are criss-crossing the Great Plains to investigate how hailstorms form—and how homeowners and builders can protect their properties.