The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) has received funding approval to survey prospective locations for the Coronal Solar Magnetism Observatory (COSMO).
In February, 2018, a specialized engineering team, led by principal investigator Dr. Qian Wu, traveled from Boulder, Colorado to a NASA facility in Palestine, Texas.
Scott Sewell is an Engineer and Instrumentation Group Manager in the High Altitude Observatory at the NCAR specializing in optical sensing technologiesfor studying solar physics.