RYSE Youth Center in Richmond, California and SSL have teamed up to make two short documentary films on projects here at the Lab.
One on Stardust at Home:
and the other on SETI at Home:
These are part of a larger project.
SSL Colloquium: Christoph Weniger
Christoph Weniger (Max-Planck-Institut für Physik, Germany) will present the SSL colloquium on May 3rd: `Recently, we identified a tentative gamma-ray line in the Galactic center
observations of the Fermi LAT, which would be an unequivocal smoking-gun
signature for dark matter annihilation in the Universe. One year after
discovery, the signature is still as ambiguous as it could be. I discuss
recent experimental and theoretical developments and show how the situation
could be clarified until end of next year.’
SSL Colloquium: Lindsay Glesener
Lindsay Glesener (UC Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory) will present the SSL colloquium on Friday, April 26, 2013: “Studying X-Rays from Solar Flares with the FOXSI Rocket.” More info
ICON selected by NASA as next Explorer
Congratulations to Thomas Immel and his team on the selection of ICON.
It’s a great concept, a great team, and another success for SSL. Go ICON!
More information on the ICON mission, the NASA press release and the UC Berkeley press release.
MAVEN in the news
Two articles on MAVEN in Aviation Week, Mars Maven close up and personel and Maven Enters Final Tests For Mars Mission.
CAL DAY at SSL
Join us for Cal Day, Saturday, April 20th, the one day each year that Space Sciences Lab opens its doors to the public. Shuttles will be transporting the public every 20 minutes from Mining Circle on campus to SSL. Hours of activities 11 am – 5 pm.
Activities
Walking Tours See UC Berkeley’s cutting-edge space science research lab. Learn about the illustrious 50-year history of NASA missions, visit our 60′ high bay, the cosmochemistry laboratories that analyzed lunar samples, a clean room where a Hubble instrument was built, and a Nobel laureate’s office. Tours start at 11 am and leave every 20 minutes to 4:40pm.
Passports to Science@Cal
Explore the world of science with your Passport to Science@Cal! Pick up a passport at any location listed below, and begin your journey! At each of your destinations, your passport will get a fun stamp or sticker to show where your travels have taken you. Recommended for ages 6 to 12.
Surfin the Solar Wind Participate in fun activities including an trying out an infrared camera, a solar Jeopardy game, and a coronal mass ejection video launcher. Hang out with cool ultraviolet wave “Sonny.” Teen Solar Investigators will be hosting the booth. This event is specifically for teens.
Talks and Panels below will be in the Addition Conference Room
BOINC and Android
Our own Dave Anderson on BOINC and the Android platform from Wired.
The Ionospheric Connection Explorer
The ICON Mission is completing its Phase A concept study and is ready to go! Drop by the ICON website to read more about this exciting new NASA space science mission that SSL will lead.