Mission News and Press Coverage

INCUS, the CSU-led NASA earth science satellite mission scheduled to be deployed in 2026, is under budget and ahead of schedule, lead scientist Sue van den Heever happily told her team on Tuesday...

The teams at Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have successfully integrated the first of three INCUS satellites...

The INCUS Mission System Integration Review, held this past week, was a success. The System Integration Review found that each part of the INCUS Mission is on schedule...

Storms caused by updrafts have become of special interest to NASA. In fact, it has a special program called the Investigation of Convective Updrafts or INCUS...

NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace Inc. of Cedar Park, Texas, to provide the launch service for the agency’s Investigation of Convective Updrafts (INCUS) mission, led by University Distinguished...

INCUS Principal Investigator Sue van den Heever was featured on the Science Straight Up Podcast from Telluride Science. In the podcast, PI van den Heever discussed...

On a warm late spring day in Northern Colorado, a radar groans as it rapidly turns from pointing at one storm to another. That radar is the Colorado State University C-band Hydrological Instrument for Volumetric Observation (CSU-CHIVO) radar at the CSU Agricultural Research, ...

From SOURCE -- A Colorado State University-led effort to study storms and extreme weather from space using small satellites passed a key review by NASA in November 2023...

INCUS Key Decision Point-C (KDP-C) was held at NASA HQ On November 14, 2023. Congratulations to the INCUS team for successfully passing KDP-C and moving the INCUS mission into Phase C. The move into Phase C confirms the INCUS mission...

The INvestigation of Convective UpdraftS (INCUS), a NASA Earth Ventures Mission led by Colorado State University (CSU) and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, has passed its Preliminary Design...

Denver-based 9NEWS interviewed INCUS Co-Investigator Kristen Rasmussen about the upcoming NASA/CSU satellite mission, focusing on INCUS's role in understanding thunderstorms from space...

KCNC CBS Colorado featured a report on the INCUS mission, and in particular the leadership from Colorado State University, on their 6pm newscast, including interviewing Co-Investigator Kristen Rasmussen...

The INvestigation of Convective UpdraftS (INCUS), a NASA Earth Ventures Mission led by Colorado State University (CSU) and managed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, was highlighted in a recent Denver...

Several members of the INCUS Science Team recently gave international presentations on the current developments in the INCUS mission. Susan van den Heever, PI of the INCUS mission, presented on...

The INCUS Key Decision Point-B was held at NASA HQ On March 14, 2023. Congratulations to the INCUS team for successfully passing the KDP-B and moving the INCUS mission into Phase B. The purpose of Phase B is for the project team to complete the...

Sandra Cauffman, Chair of the INCUS Science Review Board (SRB), has stated in the INCUS SRB preliminary report that “The SRB conclusion is that the project has passed the SRR/MDR [Science Readiness Review/Mission Design Review].”

From SOURCE-- Before there can be NASA satellite launches, there are planning meetings. Lots of planning meetings. The first such all-hands meeting for the...

From the Washington Post-- With human-caused climate change come warmer oceans — and in turn, researchers predict, they'll fuel increasingly destructive storms. But how do tropical storms...

From NASA-- NASA has selected a new Earth science mission that will study the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms, including their impacts on...

From SOURCE-- NASA has announced a $177 million Earth science mission led by Colorado State University that...