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On Wednesday, UC Berkeley College of Engineering announced a new aerospace engineering major, which will be launched in fall 2022.

At the age of 38, she is also one of the youngest principal investigators of any NASA mission.

An interplanetary mission led by the University of California, Berkeley, to put two satellites — dubbed “Blue” and “Gold” — into orbit around Mars has been officially authorized to prepare for launch in October 2024.The announcement last week by NASA

February 10, 2021 New research suggests that particles escaping from Mars’ atmosphere have been accumulating on the surface of the planet’s largest moon Phobos for billions of years. They could provide important new details about the history of both worlds. Mars’ largest moon Phobos, as seen by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft on March 23, 2008. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ University of Arizona. A new study suggests that Mars’ larger moon Phobos orbits through a stream of charged particles flowing off the planet’s atmosphere. The findings, published February 1, 2021,...

Emirates Mars Mission satellite reaches Mars orbit Robert Lillis/Courtesy The Emirates Mars Mission, the first interplanetary exploration undertaken by an Arab nation, reached Mars’ orbit Tuesday morning. The Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley is a partner in the collaboration. Last Updated February 10, 2021 In collaboration with UC Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, or SSL, the Emirates Mars Mission entered the planet’s orbit Tuesday morning after being launched last summer. The mission is the first space exploration to be launched by an Arab nation and is headed by the Mohamm...