Bill Nye Promotes MAVEN

Bill Nye, “The Science Guy” is a guest speaker at the Kennedy Visitor Center on November 17th to discuss MAVEN and its mission to Mars. The spacecraft launched the next day atop an Atlas Centaur rocket and is scheduled for Mars Orbit Insertion, MOI, planned for September 22, 2014     Here is a photo […]

Fiat lux

The Solar Beacons have moved from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Campanile. Read the news story at the Berkeley News Center.

A Day in the Life: UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab

This short documentary produced by RYSE takes a look inside the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Lab and explores some of the different projects going on including: Stardust, Mission Control, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Solar Beacon Heliostats to be displayed at the Art in Science Gala

The Heliostats that were used to create the art installation called “Solar Beacon” will be displayed at the upcoming Art in Science Gala, November 1 and 2 at the Berkeley Arts Festival Gallery (admission is FREE). The Heliostats were mounted on the top of the two Golden Gate Bridge Towers and reflected sunlight around the Bay Area during the summer […]