CU Students to Build Tiny Spacecraft to Observe 'Space Weather' Environment
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 - 11:07
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded $840,000 from the National Science Foundation for students to build a tiny spacecraft to observe energetic particles in space that should give scientists a better understanding of solar flares and their interaction with Earth's atmosphere.