The University of California, Berkeley, through its Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), is a major research institution in the space industry. Founded in 1959, SSL has participated in over 50 NASA space science missions and has built instruments for over 100 satellites. UC Berkeley is also partnering with NASA to develop the Berkeley Space Center, an innovation hub for aviation and space technology. Key areas of focus include space sciences, astrophysics, planetary exploration, and collaboration with partners like NASA and private companies.
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The EscaPADE mission is managed by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
The EscaPADE mission is a dual-spacecraft project with University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory to study ion and sputtered escape from Mars.
The launch of the two ESCAPADE spacecraft for NASA and UC Berkeley is scheduled to occur in one hour.
Rob Lillis is the Principal Investigator for the ESCAPADE mission and is associated with the Space Science Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
The science instruments, deployable booms, and data processing computers for ESCAPADE were built by UC Berkeley and its partners.
UC Berkeley has been involved in Mars missions for nearly 60 years, building instruments for important missions like NASA's Mars Global Surveyor and ongoing missions such as MAVEN and the Emirates Mars Mission Hope probe.
The satellite pair for the ESCAPADE mission will arrive at Mars in 2027 and have been nicknamed Blue and Gold in honor of UC Berkeley's school colors.
ESCAPADE satellites will be operated from UC Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory's mission operations center in the hills above the Berkeley campus.
The UC Berkeley instruments on the ESCAPADE spacecraft include electrostatic analyzers to measure escaping ions and electrons from Mars.
The two spacecraft for NASA and UC Berkeley's ESCAPADE mission have been successfully encapsulated into the rocket fairing.
Rocket Lab built the two ESCAPADE spacecraft for NASA and UC Berkeley.
The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, is implementing the Carruthers mission and designed and built the two ultraviolet sensors.
The University of California, Berkeley is involved with the ESCAPADE project.
The ESCAPADE mission is in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory.
The operation of ESCAPADE will be managed by the Space Science Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley.
The Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley leads the mission implementation and payload design.
Rob Lillis is the ESCAPADE Principal Investigator and Associate Director for Planetary Science at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory.
The ESCAPADE mission is conducted in partnership with the University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory.
Rocket Lab designed, built, integrated, and tested the ESCAPADE spacecraft for the University of California Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory and NASA.
The University of California, Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory leads ESCAPADE with spacecraft provided by Rocket Lab.