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Images of MSSL Missions and Activities



ExoMars

The ESA ExoMars rover. MSSL is leading the Panoramic Camera (PanCam) team for this mission. (Image courtesy ESA)

Beagle 2 Camera

The Beagle 2 Stereo Camera System. MSSL was responsible for the manufacture and integration of the filters and associated structure.

Precision work

Working in one of MSSL's cleanrooms.
MoonLite

The proposed MoonLite mission carrying penetrators to the Moon.

Swift Launch

Launch of the SWIFT gamma ray burst mission, carrying the MSSL-led UVOT instrument. (Image courtesy NASA)
Herschel

The Herschel infrared space observatory being prepared for launch. MSSL contributes to the spacecraft's SPIRE instrument. (Image courtesy ESA)
Cluster II

Two of the Cluster II spacecraft ascending to orbit on a Soyuz-Fregat upper stage, carrying the MSSL-led PEACE instruments. (Image courtesy ESA)
Mars Express

The Mars Express spacecraft in orbit around the planet Mars. MSSL contributed to the success of the ASPERA-3 instrument. (Image courtesy ESA)

Dione and Saturn

Saturn's moon Dione as viewed by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. The Electron Spectrometer of the Cassini CAPS instrument was designed and built at MSSL. (Image courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)

Launch of Hinode

Launch of the Solar-B/Hinode spacecraft on 22 September 2006, carrying the MSSL-led EIS instrument. (Image courtesy JAXA)

Galaxy M83

X-ray sources in the galaxy M83, obtained with the Chandra X-ray telescope (Soria & Wu 2003).
Hinode

The Hinode spacecraft prepared for launch, carrying the MSSL-led EIS instrument. (Image courtesy JAXA)




Hurricane

Cyclone Catrina from the International Space Station, on March 26, 2004. MSSL's Climate Extremes group monitors, models, and makes predictions regarding tropical storms such as this. (Image courtesy NASA)
Integral launch

Launch of the ESA Integral mission on 17 October 2002. (Image courtesy ESA)
Titan

Saturn's moon Titan as viewed by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft. The Electron Spectrometer of the Cassini CAPS instrument has detected heavy negative ions in the upper atmosphere of this giant moon. (Image courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute)
The Gaia mission

The Gaia spacecraft. (Image courtesy ESA)



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