Posts by Alan Toth
Psyche talk embodies spirit of Center for Integrative Planetary Science lecture series
On October 15, Lindy Elkins-Tanton gave a talk on NASA’s Psyche mission as part of a Center for Integrative Planetary Science seminar series.
Read MoreNASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will study Earth’s exosphere
NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory launched this morning. Carruthers is now traveling toward the Sun, around which it will enter solar orbit almost a million miles away from Earth and focus on Earth’s exosphere.
Read MorePADRE aims to reveal secrets of solar flares
NASA’s PADRE mission will measure hard X-rays emitted during solar flares. It is poised to unlock the secrets of solar flares at a fraction of the cost of previous missions.
Read MoreLOOK: Space symposium draws hundreds in academia, industry and government
Hundreds gathered at the Grimes Engineering Center on Friday for the Berkeley Space Symposium organized by the Berkeley undergraduate group NewSpace@Berkeley. The UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) sponsored the event, and SSL engineers, flight controllers and faculty were in attendance aiming to inspire the next generation. The event kicked off with speed mentoring sessions…
Read MoreLOOK: SSL Cal Day table inspires out-of-this-world selfies
Our amazing undergraduate interns staffed SSL’s table at Cal Day on Saturday, April 19th. They talked up SSL’s undergraduate opportunities with admitted students and parents who posed for selfies with our out-of-this-world photo accessories. If visitors could point out a specific instrument on our ESCAPADE Lego model, they’d win an ESCAPADE sticker and Pegasus rocket…
Read MoreAuroral Acceleration Symposium aims to inspire next generation of space scientists
Symposium in honor of Chuck Carlson encourages new research on data from legacy auroral missions The Auroral Acceleration Symposium in Honor of Charles W. (Chuck) Carlson wrapped up on Thursday, April 10th. The event held at UC Berkeley’s Faculty Club attracted some 65 participants and included 24 talks on topics focusing on satellite and rocket…
Read MoreWATCH: COSI will explore the gamma-ray sky
The payload for NASA’s Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) mission is now being at UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL). In this series of videos, John Tomsick describes how COSI operates.
Read MoreSample return experts at the Space Sciences Laboratory uncover asteroid Bennu’s secrets
When NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft passed by the Earth in 2023 and released a sample return capsule, it marked the end of a journey to visit and collect a small piece of an asteroid, but the journey to understanding that material had only just begun.
Read MoreStuart D. Bale awarded Arctowski Medal for solar physics research
National Academy of Sciences award includes additional funding for solar physics research Stuart D. Bale, Interim Director of the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) and Professor of Physics, has been awarded the National Academy of Sciences’ prestigious Arctowski Medal in recognition of his contributions to our understanding of the physics of the solar corona and the…
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