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.
Asteroid Bennu material shows organic precursor molecules that may have produced ingredients of life first formed from cryogenic ammonia.
Commissioning of NASA’s twin ESCAPADE spacecraft is proceeding smoothly. ESCAPADE snapped this selfie in visible and infrared light.
After two launch delays because of weather and a solar storm, New Glenn launched from Cape Canaveral at 3:55 p.m. EST Thursday, Nov. 13. The twin satellites successfully separated from the rocket about 33 minutes after launch.
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.