Forrest Mozer Awarded John Adam Fleming Medal
Tuesday, September 4, 2018 Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Forrest Mozer who has been honored by the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as one of the 2018 class of medalists. Mozer has been awarded the John Adam Fleming Medal in recognition of his outstanding achievements, contributions, and service to the Earth and space science community. The recipients of the AGU […]
Parker Solar Probe Sits Atop Delta IV Heavy – Av Week 1st Place Space
The #ParkerSolarProbe sits on top a Delta IV Heavy #rocket? at Space Launch Complex 37 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (August 2018). This photo, shot by #JHUAPL‘s own Ed Whitman, won first place in the #space category in the 2018 Aviation Week Photo Contest! ? The Parker Solar Probe – designed, built, and operated […]
2018 Novato Space Festival, August 5th
The Annual Novato Space Festival is coming up, Sunday August 5th, from 10 AM to 4 PM. There will be Astronauts, Exhibits, Jill Tarter from the SETI Institute. There are many interactive displays, exhibits and talks given the the Astronauts. Admission and Parking are FREE Learn more about the Museum
Towards an Integrated Biomanufacturing System for Deep Space Missions
Total Solar Eclipse Aug 21st, 2017
Megamovie App makes photographing the Total Solar Eclipse a Snap The Eclipse Megamovie project has released an app that makes it easy for citizen scientists with smart phones to photograph the Aug. 21 total solar eclipse and upload the images to the project team; a collaboration between the Space Sciences Laboratory’s Multiverse education group and […]
2017 Novato Space Festival
Mark your calendars for the Annual Novato Space Festival, Sunday August 6th, from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Meet legendary Astronauts from the Apollo, Space Shuttle and International Space Station Programs. NEW THIS YEAR… EARLY ENTRANCE at 9:30am for families with CHILDREN 12 & UNDER You’ll get to browse the exhibit area first, THEN you’ll get […]
What will the ICON spacecraft do?
Years of development and testing will come to fruition when the ICON spacecraft launches from Kwajalein Atoll in the South Pacific this summer. The UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab’s ICON team has made several videos describing the long path towards launch — and the hundreds of people involved in building this unique observatory that will study […]
ICON Payload Integration Time-Lapse
A 15-Week Time-Lapse in 2 Minutes This time-lapse video shows the integration of instruments into the ICON payload at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah. The video covers a 15-week period from mid-February, 2016 until the end of May, 2016. Occasional darkness indicates cleanliness inspections using a UV light, and the blue tower that […]
ICON Payload Integration Time-Lapse
A 15-Week Time-Lapse in 2 Minutes This time-lapse video shows the integration of instruments into the ICON payload at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah. The video covers a 15-week period from mid-February, 2016 until the end of May, 2016. Occasional darkness indicates cleanliness inspections using a UV light, and the blue tower that […]
NASA’s Deep Space Network, or DSN, “established a lock on the STEREO-B
NASA re-established contact with a wayward sun-watching science satellite Sunday nearly two years after the spacecraft suddenly dropped off line during a test, the agency said in a statement Monday. NASA’s Deep Space Network, or DSN, “established a lock on the STEREO-B (spacecraft’s) downlink carrier at 6:27 p.m. EDT,” NASA said in a statement. “The […]
