Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
The research focus of the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research is our cosmic neighborhood: the solar system with its planets and moons, comets and asteroids as well as the sun. The aim of the scientists is to describe the processes in the solar system in models and to simulate them on the computer. In addition, instruments are being developed and built to study these bodies from space. The Institute is involved in numerous space missions.
Sunrise III found safe at landing site
Following the termination of the flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III last Sunday morning, July 10, team members have reached the landing site and found the observatory's payload largely intact. According to current information, the flight had to be ended a few hours after launch because the solar telescope it was carrying could not be pointed at the Sun. All options are being examined for a launch of the observatory next year or later.
New Home for the Flight Spare Unit of PEP-JEI
The flight spare unit of the Jovian Electron and Ion Sensor (JEI) has left the MPS and has now taken up residence at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) in Kiruna (Sweden). JEI is part of the PEP (Particle Environment Package) instrument package that will travel to the Jovian system next year aboard ESA's JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer) spacecraft to measure the distribution of electrons and ions in the gas giant's environment.
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Following the termination of the flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III last Sunday morning, July 10, team members have reached the landing site and found the observatory's science payload largely intact. According to current ...
The flight of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III was safely terminated at 9:05 a.m. (CEST) today. A few hours earlier, the observatory had lifted off at 3:44 a.m. (CEST) from Esrange Space Center near the small northern Swedish town of ...
The adventurous research journey of the balloon-borne solar observatory Sunrise III could begin in the next few days. Early this morning, the so-called compatability test, a kind of final rehearsal, took place at Esrange Space Center in Kiruna ...
An unforgettable, nocturnal excursion to distant stars, planets and our Sun is at the heart of the upcoming 5th Göttinger Nacht des Wissens at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research. In addition to lectures on current topics of space ...