NASA Partners With Colorado University Laboratory To Develop Space Weather Model

NASA Goddard and University of Colorado LASP signed a cooperation agreement (photo: dock. NASA)

JAKARTA NASA will collaborate in the field of science and space exploration with the University of Colorado's Atmospheric and Space Physics Laboratory (LASP). This partnership was only inaugurated on August 5. Through the Collaborative Space Law Agreement, NASA, represented by the Goddard Space Flight Center, will develop a model of space weather with LASP. Both will also focus on space weather research. According to NASA and LASP, space weather needs to be considered because its activity can affect humans and technology. If space weather activity is not noticed, spacecraft, astronauts, and technology on Earth could be affected. Makenzie Lystrup, NASA Director of Goddard, said that space weather is related to power grids to space assets that are vulnerable to weather changes. By establishing this collaboration, it is hoped that NASA can protect all of its assets.

"Today's agreement inaugurates a long-term collaboration with LASP that is important to expand space weather applications that protect land and space-based assets," Lystrup said. Meanwhile, LASP Director Daniel Baker revealed that this collaboration will offer new opportunities to learn various aspects of the space weather. NASA and LASP will take advantage of small satellites in conducting research. NASA and LASP agreement regulates the maturation of instruments for space weather, incorporating space weather instruments and packages as satellite payloads, defining the development practice of mission proposals, and much more.