LASP designated first Center of Excellence for Capacity Building in CubeSat...
The Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) has designated the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder as a COSPAR Center of Excellence for Capacity...
View ArticleBoulder Solar Alliance REU kicks off summer 2024 program
The Boulder Solar Alliance Research Experience for Undergraduates (BSA REU) program is excited to welcome its 2024 summer cohort to Boulder! The program, funded by the National Science Foundation,...
View ArticleLASP team attends launch of instrument to monitor space weather
Members of the EXIS instrument team attended the launch of the fourth and final GOES-R satellite, GOES-U, in June 2024 at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The LASP booth, including a model of the...
View ArticleLASP Director Daniel Baker recognized with international space science award
Daniel N. Baker, director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been named the recipient of the 2024 Jeoujang Jaw Award by the Committee...
View ArticleLASP team awarded NASA technology grant to develop dust analyzer
NASA has awarded $1 million to a team from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder) to develop a Rubik’s cube-sized instrument, CEDA...
View ArticleLASP appoints Dr. Lynda Duran associate director for diversity, equity,...
Dr. Lynda Duran joins LASP as the associate director for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA). The post LASP appoints Dr. Lynda Duran associate director for diversity, equity,...
View ArticleLASP team advances in NASA DYNAMIC mission concept competition
Edit Column A team at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder has received a $2 million award to develop a concept study for a NASA mission that...
View ArticleMaking Space in the Universe: Stars of the REU
This summer, the Boulder Solar Alliance Research Experience for Undergraduates (BSA REU) program welcomed 22 students to Boulder to dive into the world of professional scientific research. The BSA REU...
View ArticleLASP’s Nicholas Kruczek awarded NASA technology fellowship
Nicholas Kruczek, an instrument engineer in the solar and stellar science division at the Laboratory for Atmospheric Space Physics (LASP), has been named a recipient of the 2023 NASA Nancy Grace Roman...
View ArticleLASP appoints Scott Tucker director of engineering
Scott Tucker has been named director of engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics. Credit: LASP The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics...
View ArticleLASP scientists make unprecedented observations of the ionosphere and...
On May 10-12, 2024, an extreme geomagnetic storm created aurora visible at lower latitudes than normal, including this one in Longmont, Colorado. Credit: Sean Hsu In May 2024, during a period of...
View Article2024 awardees chosen for the Charles A. Barth Scholarship for undergraduate...
The 2024 awardees for the Charles A. Barth scholarship include six outstanding CU Boulder undergraduate students. The post 2024 awardees chosen for the Charles A. Barth Scholarship for undergraduate...
View ArticleLASP-led NASA’s MAVEN mission commemorates 10 years in Mars’ orbit
Excitement was in the air on September 21, 2014, as scientists and engineers gathered in the lobby of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics’ Space Technology Building to eat cake and watch...
View ArticleCLARREO Pathfinder team wins prestigious NASA Group Achievement Award
NASA presented its prestigious Group Achievement Award to the CLARREO Pathfinder (CPF) HySICS Characterization and Test Team in a ceremony held at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics...
View ArticleMeet Team SUDA, part of NASA’s flagship Europa Clipper mission
Meet some of the team members who helped create SUDA, the LASP-built SUrface Dust Analyzer that will fly on NASA’s flagship Europa Clipper mission to the icy moon of Jupiter where it will scoop up...
View ArticleLASP director of engineering retires after 46 years of service
LASP Engineering Director Tom Sparn is retiring from the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics after 46 years of service to the lab. The post LASP director of engineering retires after 46 years...
View ArticleFun facts about LASP’s dust instrument heading to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
Europa Clipper’s dust analyzer shown in a clean room. Credit: NASA/CU Boulder/Glenn Asakawa The Europa SUrface Dust Analyzer (SUDA) is a unique instrument designed to collect material from the surface...
View ArticleLASP’s unique dust instrument sets sail to Europa aboard NASA’s Europa...
Dozens of LASP employees, family members, and friends attended the launch of NASA’s flagship Europa Clipper mission, which includes a unique instrument built at the lab on CU Boulder’s East Campus....
View ArticleLASP welcomes CU Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz
New University of Colorado Boulder Chancellor Justin Schwartz visited and toured the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), CU Boulder’s longest-established and highest-budget research...
View ArticleSpace weather applications for all
LASP collaborates with CU Boulder’s Space Weather Technology, Research, and Education Center (SWx TREC) to create user-friendly applications designed to make space weather data accessible to all,...
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