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The UAE Space Agency is embarking on a new space mission in collaboration with Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ. The mission will build on the success of the UAE’s ongoing Emirates Mars Mission to visit a much more ambitious target: the asteroid belt.

Exposure to the Sun degrades light sensors of all kinds, from retinas in the human eye to instruments aboard NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory satellite, or SDO. Fortunately, with periodic calibrations, the latter can continue transmitting high-quality data to researchers on Earth.

Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David D. Thompson joined University of Colorado President Todd Saliman, CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ Provost Russell Moore and others on the UC Colorado Springs campus to sign the memorandum of understanding on Aug. 20.

A study co-authored by Professor Keith Julien (Applied Math) offers a new window into the sun’s mysterious inner workings and may have future implications for understanding space weather, which affects everything from satellites to the electrical grid.

Marcus Holzinger, a Smead Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, will address the Subcommittee on Space and Science on July 22. The hearing will focus on Space Situational Awareness, Space Traffic Management and Orbital Debris.

A four-star general traveled to ÐßÐßÊÓƵ last week to highlight the CU system’s participation in a new effort called the Space Force University Partnership Program, designed to spur research supporting the newest military branch’s mission to protect U.S. and allied interests in space.

An aerospace PhD student at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ recently returned from a two-week stay at the Mars Desert Research Station, which gives scientists and engineers the opportunity to test out future space experiments in an environment closer to home.

Professor Hanspeter Schaub (Aerospace Engineering) discusses whether you should be worried about objects falling from space—and how emerging science fiction-esque technologies may soon play a role in removing debris from orbit.

Shayna Hume, a graduate student in the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ, is blasting off on an adventurous journey: She's heading to Mars (or at least as close to Mars as you can get on Earth).

After NASA successfully landed the Perseverance rover on the surface of Mars, the unique hurdles of human space exploration are in the spotlight again. They're also the bread and butter of researchers studying bioastronautics at CU ÐßÐßÊÓƵ.