Round-SSL-Logo-YellowThe Space Sciences Laboratory

The Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) is the University of California system’s premier space sciences research facility and one of the preeminent university laboratories in the country for space research.​​

OUR VALUES

Integrity, teamwork, excellence, inclusion, curiosity.

OUR GOAL

Our primary goal is to foster outstanding research in space-related sciences and provide education for the next generation of space scientists.

OUR IMPACT

LEAD principal investigators
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On NASA Explorer Missions

Satellite Projects
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including Apollo 15 & 16, SkyLab, Hubble, COBE, IMAGE, RHESSI, NuSTAR, ICON and PSP

Educators
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Trained

Latest News

•Sun - Heliophysics

CURIE ready for Ariane 6 launch

Chris Moeckel and Roger Roglans recently returned from Berlin, where they successfully integrated CURIE into the NovaPod with four other satellites. After a stop in

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two different images of a spiral galaxy, one is much brighter
•Universe

Berkeley News: UC Berkeley will manage $300 million NASA mission to map the UV universe

An orbiting space telescope approved by NASA last month and scheduled for launch in 2030 will conduct the first all-sky survey of ultraviolet (UV) sources in the cosmos, providing valuable information on how galaxies and stars evolve, both today and in the distant past.

The $300 million satellite mission, called UVEX (UltraViolet EXplorer), will be managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the University of California, Berkeley.

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