CU-Boulder students to be at controls for NASA planet-hunting mission

		IMAGE: LASP Mission Operations and Data Systems Director Bill Possel, left, and senior Matt Lenda upload commands to a satellite controlled by students and professionals from the CU-Boulder campus. Click here for more information.

University of Colorado at Boulder students will be at the controls of one of NASA's most intriguing missions in recent years following the scheduled March 5 launch of the Kepler spacecraft to hunt down Earth-like planets in other solar systems.