MullardSpaceScience @MSSLSpaceLab
@UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory : Science and Technology that's out of this world. ucl.ac.uk/mssl Holmbury St. Mary, Surrey, UK Joined July 2014-
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Not long now until SMILE will be launched!
Our Smile spacecraft has arrived at @EuropeSpacePort in French Guiana. 🔗 esa.int/Science_Explor… @esascience @Avio_Group @ESA_transport @CAS__Science
MSSL celebrated International Women’s Day early this year with the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee hosting a quiz on topics related to women in history, science, astronomy and space, a slide show showcasing women at MSSL and, of course, coffee/tea and cake!
Find out more about Paola’s world-leading work on planet formation here: youtu.be/lSCMzCiZgxA?si…
Congratulations to MSSL’s Paola Pinilla who is a 2026 Laureate of the Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists! blavatnikawards.org/news/items/thr…
Our brilliant UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory @MSSLSpaceLab team showcasing the work of department's researchers and technicians at the UCL200 celebration event! 🤩 #UCL200 #LoveUCL #science #SpaceScience #astronomy #MarsRover #PanCam #RosalindFranklin @Dr_Lucie
Congratulations to our MSc students who have impressed judges with their space ideas and innovations at this year’s global space challenge “Act in Space 2026”. ucl.ac.uk/enterprise/new…
Every year, we celebrate the winners of the Department of Space and Climate Physics Awards. This year's ceremony also highlighted support for the Anti-Bullying Week theme "Power for Good”: empowering people to do something positive to counter the harm and hurt of bullying.
MSSL’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) committee promoted Anti-Bullying Week (10th -14th November 2025) with the interactive activity “The Gray Zone of Academic Ethics”, as part of Unjournal Club with tea, coffee and cake.
Our latest @MSSL_Planetary graduate Cristian Radulescu passed his PhD viva today. Thesis on 'Heavy ion distribution and influence on the Saturnian magnetosphere', using Cassini data & simulations. Many thanks to examiners David Burgess (QMUL) & Colin Forsyth. Well done Cristian!
To follow in Brahma's footsteps, please visit ucl.ac.uk/mssl/study/msc… or ucl.ac.uk/systems-engine… to find out more about courses on offer.
From India to London: Why UCL was the top choice for my Master’s - Brahma Gopalchetty studied space science at UCL. He shares his journey, from applying and settling in London to building a global network and thriving in UCL’s vibrant community uclnews.org.uk/c/AQjSsgIQj4yZ…
Dazzling 1st images from the Vera C. Rubin #Observatory mark the start of a 10-year mission to build a high-definition time-lapse record of the #Universe and help pin down what #DarkEnergy might be: ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-p… @MSSLSpaceLab
New research presented in 12 publications shows for the first time how gas evolves in planet-forming discs, influencing how planets form. Co-authors include our very own Dr Paola Pinilla and Dr Anibal Sierra Morales! ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/jun/…
The first ever look at the #Sun's south pole has been captured by the #spacecraft #SolarOrbiter using a #telescope that researchers at the UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory @MSSLSpaceLab helped design and build: ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-p…
Looking to make a career in solving big and complex problems on Earth or in in space? Check out our Master’s courses, enrolling now: ucl.ac.uk/mssl/study/msc… Systems Engineering Management, Management of Complex Projects, Technology Management, and Space Science & Engineering
Our Green Impact Team's initiative to create a new orchard makes the news as coverage of over 700,000 trees planted in Surrey bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Our space lab will be featuring in the BBC Two programme Great British Railway Journeys tonight at 6:30! Or on iPlayer: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
Wednesday this week, the MSSL EDI committee gave a great presentation to introduce themselves and present the very encouraging results from the recent lab EDI survey
At the Mullard Space Science Laboratory we are proud to have played a key role in the development of Gaia's Radial Velocity Spectrometer, which reveals the speed at which stars are moving towards or away from us. The mission may have ended, but more data will be released!
And @ESAGaia is gone 😢 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…
Congratulations to @MSSLSpaceLab Astro Group's Paola Pinilla for finding that planet-forming discs are much smaller than previously thought! ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/mar/…
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