Since 1959, The UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) has led the way in designing, building and operating high-return, low-cost NASA missions. SSL consists of some 260 highly trained and specialized engineers, scientists, and support staff working together in an integrated model that is unique for its 70 years of success.
SSL is one of only two university-based institutions in the U.S. capable of executing the full NASA mission lifecycle. We provide engineering expertise for a range of space and ground-based projects Our mission operations capabilities include a newly refurbished, all-digital mission operations center, and our state-of-the-art facilities support cleanroom fabrication and assembly, along with environmental testing.
While the ground-based survey is now globally recognized, its origins trace back to a proposed space-based mission at the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL).
Jupiter, the most massive planet in our solar system, has correspondingly humongous storms…Some of these storms also generate terrific bolts of lightning, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley scientists.
With their instruments now fired up and recording data, the twin ESCAPADE satellites are undertaking a test run before they head to Mars later this year. On Wednesday, Mar. 4, they will plow through a never-explored area around Earth: its distant magnetotail.
Much of what we see as auroras near the northern and southern magnetic poles begins as plasma currents in the Earth’s magnetotail. NASA’s CINEMA mission will probe this unexplored region.