Charles Hard Townes (1915-2015)
Visit the Townes memorial site for stories, photos, tributes and news, as well as photos and presentations from the 2015 Townes Centennial Celebration Symposium. Also —you can make a difference in the life and work of a worthy postdoc—please consider making a donation to the Charles Townes Postdoctoral Fellowship at SSL.
Engineer James Van Allen, RBSP Namesake, leads NACA in Rocket Propulsion development
Engineers from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), who joined NASA after its creation, tested, developed, and recommended one of the most vital technologies that the United States needed in order to successfully launch the Saturn rockets in the 1960s. These engineers had become experts in the field of high-energy propellants, particularly liquid hydrogen, […]
The BIG GIVE is now!
You can contribute to UC Berkeley and the Space Sciences Lab as part of the Big Give.
The BIG GIVE is now!
You can contribute to UC Berkeley and the Space Sciences Lab as part of the Big Give.
Happy Halloween
From all at SSL
Happy Halloween
From all at SSL
Charles Townes turns 99
U.C. Berkeley Nobel Prize Winner and SSL Scientist Researcher, Professor Charles Townes will be turning 99 next week. Join the celebration! and help Dr. Townes celebrate this momentous Birthday milestone. The Nobel Prize for Physics in 1964 was divided, one half awarded to Charles Hard Townes, the other half jointly to Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov and Aleksandr […]
NASA Administrator Bolden visits Space Sciences Lab
On Thursday May 8th the U.C. Berkeley Space Sciences Lab was honored to have NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and his Deputy Chief of Staff Mike French (Cal Alumni) stop by for an informational visit and tour of our facilities Dr. Stuart Bale presented the history of our lab and the high success rate of the […]
Come visit SSL on Cal Day, April 12, 2014
Join us on Cal Day, Saturday, April 12th, from 11am-5pm, 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. Activities Include: Walking guided tours of the lab Passport to Science@Cal presenting […]
UC President visits
University of California President Janet Napolitano visited the lab today.
