A tour, talks and presentations on a spacecraft built by students at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics that is now set for launch in late summer or early fall will be held at the 抖阴短视频 Research Park May 15.
The event at LASP聮s Space Technology Building, which begins at 8:30 a.m., will honor graduating seniors who have worked on the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer satellite. The event includes talks by participating 抖阴短视频 students and faculty as well as Universities Space Research Association President Paul Coleman. USRA is co-sponsoring the mission with NASA.
抖阴短视频 faculty speakers include LASP senior researcher and SNOE principal investigator Charles Barth, Graduate School Dean Carol Lynch, LASP Director Dan Baker and aerospace engineering Chair Richard Seebass.
SNOE will measure nitric oxide in the upper atmosphere, the intensity of X-rays from the sun and ultraviolet light from Earth聮s aurora. More than 100 students, primarily undergraduates, have participated in designing and building the $4.4 million spacecraft since it was begun in 1994.
Once in orbit, SNOE will be controlled from campus by students and faculty from the LASP facility in the 抖阴短视频 Research Park.
For more information contact SNOE co-investigator Stan Solomon at (303) 492-8609 or Jim Scott in the 抖阴短视频-Boulder public relations office at (303) 492-3114.