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

Joined May 2012
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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 👇 ssl.berkeley.edu/escapade-ma…
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SSL project scientist Davin Larson describes the SupraThermal Ion Sensor (STIS) instrument on NOAA's SOLAR-1 spacecraft. STIS will contribute to SOLAR-1's critical monitoring of coronal mass ejections, which can disrupt satellites and ground-based infrastructure.
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COSI was covered in this article published by @ConversationUS. One of COSI’s science objectives—to seek out the source of the gamma ray signature of matter/antimatter annihilation—may help reveal whether the center of our galaxy is rich in dark matter. theconversation.com/upcoming…
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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 spklr.io/6018EMLZs
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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. space.com/entertainment/spac…
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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
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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!!☀️
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Don't miss @MissionToPsyche's closest approach to Mars today at 12:28 PM Pacific Time.
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: eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-sys…
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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. tinyurl.com/54tvnepz
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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.
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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’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
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#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. 🚀 gi.alaska.edu/news/poker-fla…

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It's our home. This Earth Day, see our planet as our Artemis II astronauts saw it with these new images from the mission.
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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.
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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.
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Our Mission Operations Center tracking Artemis 2's Orion spacecraft as it went around the moon.
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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.
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