The paper by Satoshi Kasahara was selected as a 2018 Editor’s choice of Nature.
The International Mercury Exploration “BepiColombo” Mission
(Image Credit: JAXA)
BepiColombo was launched on October 20th(JST)!
BepiColombo is JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) and ESA (European Space Agency) cooperative Mercury exploration mission. Simultaneous Launch of MMO (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter) and MPO (Mercury Planetary Orbiter) was conducted.
Ichiro Yoshikawa and Kazuo Yoshioka (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences) developed Mercury Sodium Atmospheric Spectral Imager “MSASI” installed in MMO. They also developed detectors for the Mercury outer space ultraviolet spectroscopic observation machine “PHEBUS” mounted on the MPO.
Click here(JAXA site) for details.
Address by the President of the University of Tokyo at the 2018 Autumn Semester
The president of the University of Tokyo mentioned the UTOPS project and faculty members in his address at the 2018 Autumn Semester Diploma Presentation/Commencement Ceremony.
https://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/about/president/b_message30_07.html
(2018.9.14)
The 3rd UTOPS seminar
Dr. Ming-Chang Liu, SIMS Lab/Department of Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, UCLA, visited UTOPS and gave a lecture “The formation environment of the Solar System: A perspective from short-lived radionuclides”.
(2018.6.14)
Press release on paper published in the journal Nature led by Satoshi Kasahara
Press release on paper published in the journal Nature led by Satoshi Kasahara (associate professor):
Pulsating aurora from electron scattering by chorus waves ( http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/info/5769/ )
The 2nd UTOPS Seminar
Heather Enos, OSIRIS-REx Deputy Principal Investigator, visited UTOPS to discuss about the operation of sample return missions with UTOPS faculties. She encouraged graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in space missions, and gave an invited lecture “OSIRIS-REx Science Operations Planning and Implementation”.
(2017.12.5)
Prof. Tachibana issued a press release
Ice analogs mimicking interstellar ice behave like liquids at temperatures between -210°C and -120°C according to Hokkaido University researchers. This liquid-like ice may enhance the formation of organic compounds including prebiotic molecules and the accretion of dust to form planets.
This research results appear in Science Advances in its September 29, 2017 issue (Tachibana S., et al., Science Advances, September 29, 2017)
See the website of Hokkaido University for more details.
