Space Sciences Laboratory

The Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) @UCBerkeley (UCB) is a preeminent university lab for space research and has participated in 50+ NASA missions since 1959.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

NASA's @escapade_mars mission is now studying Earth's magnetotail. PI @RobLillis describes this first ever visit to this distant region of the magnetosphere.
Read more 👇
https://t.co/9UZbCP8yEc

[Scientific American @sciam]

MAVEN was the first mission designed to study the atmosphere of Mars. It also became a vital node of NASA’s communications network at the Red Planet
https://t.co/OcWbnusYnq

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Check out this episode of @SPACEdotcom's podcast. @RobLillis discusses the ESCAPADE mission, the potential for its unique trajectory and his own journey to Mars science.
https://t.co/hbKqb9sdWJ

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

Hello Mars, goodbye Mars 👋

NASA’s #MissionToPsyche spacecraft was speeding by the Red Planet on May 15 when it snapped this rare, crescent view of Mars. The successful flyby flung the Psyche spacecraft toward its final destination: the metal-rich asteroid Psyche. 1/2

[太陽X線研究グループ（国立天文台・成影研、JAXA宇宙科学研究所・坂尾研） @Xray_Sun_jp]

FOXSI-5 を打ち上げました🚀
今日フレアを起こした3つの領域を観測しました！！☀️

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Don't miss @MissionToPsyche's closest approach to Mars today at 12:28 PM Pacific Time.

[Lindy Elkins-Tanton @ltelkins]

Hey space enthusiasts - Friday May 15 at 19:28 UTC the NASA Psyche spacecraft has its closest approach to Mars. Will get a velocity boost as well as a 3 degree plane change. You can track the @MissionToPsyche spacecraft in real time here: https://t.co/WojkXAK1eF

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

SSL Director @ltelkins spoke to @sciam on her new book, Mission Ready: How to Build Teams That Perform under Pressure. "The ability that one in a leadership position has to try to help everyone else succeed is an incredible gift," says Elkins-Tanton.
https://t.co/vTxMqgWEEs

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Thanks to @evgenya of @SESEASU, who delivered our final talk of the semester on the SPARKS mission, which is seeking out habitable exoplanets in our galaxy.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

NASA's @MissionToPsyche is approaching Mars for a gravity assist. It's also a chance to get images of the Red Planet. "...if...we can do important testing and calibration of the science instruments, that would be the icing on the cake," said Psyche PI and SSL Director @ltelkins.

[NASA JPL @NASAJPL]

NASA’s #MissionToPsyche – on its way to explore a rare, metal-rich asteroid – is about to get a speed boost from Mars. 🚀🏁

On May 15, spacecraft will harness the Red Planet’s gravitational pull as a slingshot to increase its speed and adjust its trajectory. 1/2

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

#FOXSI-5, a NASA-led sounding rocket mission that will study the X-rays produced by large solar flares, is ready for launch. Principal investigator @astronomilo is at Poker Flat Research Range preparing for launch. 🚀
https://t.co/9dJNPP2eF8

[NASA @NASA]

It's our home.

This Earth Day, see our planet as our Artemis II astronauts saw it with these new images from the mission.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

DESI has completed its planned 3D map of the universe. Much of the cutting-edge technology that made the survey possible was developed at SSL.
https://t.co/zR84MJXuqg

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Victoria Coleman, Associate Provost of the @ucbspacecenter, stopped by SSL to tell us about forthcoming opportunities with Berkeley's 36-acre innovation center at NASA's Ames campus. She stayed on for lunch and heard ideas for the center from SSL researchers.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Thanks to Dr. @umaabythelake for the amazing talk on AI and machine learning applications the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Thanks also to @mathmoves for hosting us again.

[Berkeley Physics @BerkeleyPhysics]

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument mapped 47M+ galaxies & quasars (beating its goal) + 20M stars.
https://t.co/tw9jOGnDDi

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

SSL's contributions to the Artemis 2 mission were featured in the @dailycal. “Even though we’re playing a small role, it still feels good to be part of it in some way,” said ground station engineer Warren Rexroad.
https://t.co/fEeQS11ml3

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Our Mission Operations Center tracking Artemis 2's Orion spacecraft as it went around the moon.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

@Vincent_Ledvina Wow!

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Great talk by @MattGialich founder and CEO of @AstroForge at SSL this afternoon. The conference room was standing room only as we all packed inside to learn more about DeepSpace-2 and its upcoming mission to land on an asteroid. 🙏 for flying up to the Bay to tell us about it.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

The Berkeley Ground Station dish is tracking ARTEMIS 2! We're collecting doppler data to send back to the NASA SCaN project.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

Per Rexroad, we'll now make our first tracking attempt at around 6AM tomorrow.

[Space Sciences Laboratory @ucbssl]

We're supporting Artemis 2 by providing tracking support for the Orion capsule. Per ground station engineer Warren Rexroad, our first opportunity will be tomorrow at 1AM. "We're all excited to be able to contribute to this historic return to the moon," says Rexroad. Go Artemis 2!