• LASP has now participated in planetary missions to each of the planets in the solar system. Cassini UVIS arrived at Saturn and continues to operate, MESSENGER MASCS was built and sent on its way toward Mercury, and SDC was built and sent on its way to Pluto on New Horizons.
• Two student spacecraft programs were highly successful - the Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE) finished five years of successful orbital operations and science return, and the Student Dust Counter (SDC) was built and launched on New Horizons toward Pluto.
• LASP programs have made continuous measurements of solar irradiance providing long term data sets for evaluating climate change.  TIMED, SORCE, and EVE are the most recent missions.
• LASP developed the campus’ astrobiology program as part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, the Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling was created, the magnitude of the effects of solar energetic particles on the chemistry of the upper atmosphere was discovered, and the physical process for producing structures in Saturn’s rings was determined theoretically.
• We are developing expertise in new experimental areas (including, developing space-physics hardware to fly on the upcoming MMS mission), and we are looking to agencies beyond NASA for funding of our projects.

In the last seven years, LASP has changed organizationally as well. Following are some of the changes:

• LASP grew from about 120 professionals and 90 students to 209 professionals and 100 students. Grants and contracts went from $16 M in FY 98-99 to $49.5 M per year in FY 04-05, helping to establish CU Boulder as the top public recipient of NASA funding.
• Mission Operations developed from operating 1 spacecraft at a time to operating 4 spacecraft in earth orbit plus additional instruments, and the division is preparing for operations of their first planetary mission.
• The Engineering division has evolved from working on one $6-8 million flight program at a time to handling multiple programs in the $30 - $120 million size.
• An Education and Public Outreach program was developed, a director hired, and national prominence achieved. Last year, LASP received 15% of the space sciences funding from NASA for these programs.