NASA has awarded a sole source contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado Boulder for the Total and Spectral Solar Irradiance Sensor-2 (TSIS-2).

The sensor extends a 40-year measurement of the Sun's total energy to Earth. (YouTube) NASA has powered on its latest instrument on the International Space Station (ISS) to detect the total amount of ...

Due to a drop in number of sunspots and the resulting decrease in total solar radiance (TSI) values, NASA launched a new sensor to study the dimming sun. Data from NASA’s Spaceweather website showed ...

NASA has awarded a contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder, for mission operations and data processing for the agency’s Total and Spectral ...

For Jeff Privette, a scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climatic Data Center, 2011 was not a great year. Privette keeps track of climate sensors on satellites ...