NASA selects CU-Boulder to lead $485M Mars mission
Monday, September 15, 2008 - 16:14
in Astronomy & Space
In the largest research contract ever awarded to the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics has been selected by NASA to lead a $485 million orbiting space mission slated to launch in 2013 to probe the past climate of Mars, including its potential for harboring life over the ages.