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<p>Scientists involved in NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, which is being led by the Ãå±±½ûµØ, have identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment that might have supported surface life to the cold, arid planet Mars is today.</p>

<p><span>A collaborative effort involving six counties, the Ãå±±½ûµØ and the nonprofit aerospace advocacy group, UAS Colorado, has paved the way for the launch and testing of two unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the San Luis Valley. </span></p>

<p dir="ltr">When he was in high school, Daniel Pette was fascinated by stars. When his earth science teacher told him that massive stars die out faster than smaller ones, Pette diagrammed a theory to figure out why this was. When he discovered that his findings were correct, Pette became determined to pursue a career in astrophysics. </p>

<p class="p1">NASA has awarded the Ãå±±½ûµØ’s Fiske Planetarium $1 million for the development of short, full-dome videos about space science-related discoveries that will be distributed to hundreds of planetariums nationwide.</p>

<p>The Ãå±±½ûµØ is the lead institution on a $1.9 million federal grant to develop autonomous aerial robotic systems that will enable new atmospheric science applications, including observing and better understanding the behavior of severe storms.</p>

<p>CU-Ãå±±½ûµØ's <a href="http://ccar.colorado.edu/pages/axelrad.html">Penina Axelrad</a>, professor and chair of the Department of Aerospace Sciences, received the 2015 Aerospace Educator Award from the <a href="http://www.womeninaerospace.org/">Women in Aerospace</a> association.</p>

<p>Waleed Abdalati, professor of geography at the Ãå±±½ûµØ and director of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), will co-chair a <a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/SSB/CurrentProjects/SSB_166359">prestigious national committee</a> charged with developing U.S. priorities for observing Earth’s atmosphere, oceans and land surfaces by satellite.</p>

<p>It’s August and that means the hottest show in the night sky -- the Perseid meteor shower -- will make its annual appearance, peaking in the pre-dawn hours of Aug. 11 to 14.</p>

<p>Mars turned cold and dry long ago, but researchers at the Ãå±±½ûµØ have discovered evidence of an ancient lake that likely represents some of the last potentially habitable surface water ever to exist on the Red Planet.</p>

<p>After a nine-year journey of 3 billion miles, a piano-sized, power-packed NASA spacecraft has an upcoming date with history that some Ãå±±½ûµØ students, faculty and alumni wouldn’t miss for the world.</p>