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🚀Five years ago, the UAE’s Hope Probe embarked on a historic journey to Mars, marking the Arab world’s first interplanetary mission. This achievement, supported by UAE-US partnerships, stands as a testament to the UAE’s commitment to innovation in space.

It's go time for SNIFS! ☀️ 🚀 🎉 Hop on this livestream to watch our latest Sun-studying sounding rocket at 1 p.m. MDT, and learn more about this mission on our website. video.ibm.com/wstf-wsmr

Hip hip hurray! LASP started working on this mission more than two decades ago 😯. Our dust instrument not only helped us learn more about our most distant solar system neighbor, but also trained a generation of space professionals!

Mars may have lost its atmosphere one particle at a time. New research from @astrocurry @LASPatCU @CUBoulder; comments from Manuel Scherf @oeaw; story by @KatherineKornei. eos.org/articles/scien…

No thoughts, just the Sun smiling at you 😊 #nationalsmileday

Where did all the water on Mars go? For the first time, NASA's MAVEN orbiter has directly observed a process called atmospheric sputtering, which could be described as “doing a cannonball in a pool.” MAVEN's lead scientist explains: go.nasa.gov/4mInt7y

We're proud to have so many missions and scientists studying this storm, which was named after the late heliophysicist and former LASPian Dr. Jennifer Gannon. What a beautiful way to honor our renowned colleague and friend. science.nasa.gov/science-resear…

The MinXSS CubeSats have redefined how we explore the Sun—one SmallSat at a time! 🛰️ ☀️ 🧑‍🎓 These tiny triplets have sent more than 120,000 solar spectra back to Earth while fostering the next generation of space scientists. Learn more here: lasp.colorado.edu/2025/05/19/a-n…

"They’re going to have dead astronauts." Getting boots on the Moon again, and someday on Mars, is exciting. But LASP Interim Director Dr. Frank Eparvier says cutting NASA science could be deadly for our most intrepid adventurers. Learn why here: aerospaceamerica.aiaa.org/u-s-universiti…

Big new for LASPian Paul Hayne, who's on the E-THEMIS science team! nasa.gov/missions/europ… via @NASA

Mars is a long way to travel to do science, especially if we're sending people to do it. LASP Mars researcher Dr. Bruce Jakosky says that completing an in-the-works but at-risk Mars mission is essential to exploring our red neighbor. Learn why here: space.com/astronomy/mars…

😮🛰🌌 Have you seen the latest article from MAVEN?

The best way to prepare humans for Mars? The moon. spacenews.com/the-best-way-t…

We are excited to announce the next director of LASP: Dr. Bethany Ehlmann! She’ll join us on September 1 and will also hold the roles in the Research and Innovation Office, Geological Sciences, and Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences. Learn more here: colorado.edu/researchinnova…

We didn't know #LookUpatTheSkyDay was a thing, but we're so glad it is because that's basically our favorite activity! Let's celebrate with this beautiful photo taken by LASPian Nat Kerman 😮

Last week, LASPian Dr. Amal Chandran gave a presentation spoke at @UNIoficial in Lima, Peru on the COSPAR-1 program with @CosparHQ. It's always such an honor to collaborate with our international partners on using CubeSats to do big science! facebook.com/watch/live/?re…

Thank you to our amazing LASPians who volunteered this weekend for Astronomy Day at @FiskePlanet. We love supporting the next generation of space explorers, no matter how young they are!

#COSPAR-1 🇵🇪 @vri_uni @CosparHQ @LASPatCU

☄️On the sidelines of the 40th Space Symposium, @uaespaceagency met with @LASPatCU to discuss progress on the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt. From space systems assembly to project development, UAE-US collaboration is gearing up to voyage beyond Mars. 🛰️ #UAEUSA

It's #FirstContactDay, the day we first made contact with an alien species. Well...on Star Trek, that is. In reality, we haven't reached that milestone. But, on this model of Voyager, located at LASP, you can see the gold record which might be the alien intro to humanity 🖖 👽 💽