Solar System Consolidated Grant 2022-25
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Abstract
The aim of this Consolidated Grant application is to deliver a programme of solar system science research directly addressing sub-topics related to STFC's Science Challenge B: 'How do stars and planetary systems develop and how do they support the existence of life?' These include: B1 - How does the Sun and other stars work and what drives their variability? B2 - What effects do the Sun and other stars have on their local environment? B4 - What are the conditions for life and how widespread are they? and B6 - What are the processes that drive space weather? Our research focuses not only on the elements that comprise the solar system, but also the interactions between them (examples of this being the solar wind and its influence on magnetospheres and unmagnetised objects, the Saturn system, and predictability of space weather effects).
Organisations
- University College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Arizona (Collaboration)
- University of Orsay (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER (Collaboration)
- National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) (Collaboration)
- Royal Observatory of Belgium (Collaboration)
- University of Liege (Collaboration)
- Peking University (Collaboration)
- University of California, Berkeley (Collaboration)
- International Space Science Institute (ISSI) (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- University of Cologne (Collaboration)
- University of New Hampshire (Collaboration)
- Laboratoire Charles Fabry (Collaboration)
- University of Delaware (Collaboration)
- DURHAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- UK Space Agency (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University (Collaboration)
- The Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (Collaboration)
Publications
Abraham J
(2022)
Thermal Energy Budget of Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe Observations
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abraham J
(2022)
Radial Evolution of Thermal and Suprathermal Electron Populations in the Slow Solar Wind from 0.13 to 0.5 au: Parker Solar Probe Observations
in The Astrophysical Journal
Afghan Q
(2023)
Observations of a dust tail gap in comet C/2014 Q1 (PanSTARRS)
in Icarus
Agudelo Rueda J
(2022)
Agyrotropy patterns in 3D small-scall turbulent reconnection
Agudelo Rueda J
(2022)
Energy Transport during 3D Small-scale Reconnection Driven by Anisotropic Plasma Turbulence
in The Astrophysical Journal
Aizawa S
(2022)
LatHyS global hybrid simulation of the BepiColombo second Venus flyby
in Planetary and Space Science
Altyntsev A
(2023)
Temporal and spatial association between microwaves and type III bursts in the upper corona
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
| Description | Membership of AURA Solar Observatiories Council |
| Geographic Reach | North America |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | International Bilateral Fund |
| Amount | £59,784 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | UKSAG23_0028-009 |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2023 |
| End | 11/2023 |
| Description | Multi-scale Electrostatic Energisation of Plasmas: Comparison of Collective Processes in Laboratory and Space |
| Amount | £11,820 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IEC\R2\222050 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Multi-scale electrostatic energisation of plasmas: comparison of collective processes in laboratory and space |
| Amount | £11,820 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2022 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Provision of FPGA code for HelioSwarm iESA by UCL/MSSL |
| Amount | £74,730 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | UKSAG23_0028-009 |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2023 |
| End | 11/2023 |
| Title | Fast Solar Wind Connectivity solar Orbiter Observation Plan |
| Description | Alexander James led the Solar Orbiter Observing Plan to analyse the connectivity of the fast solar wind. The majority of Solar Orbiter instruments were used in the plan, including EUI and SWA. The observation campaign ran in Octoer 2023 |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Solar Orbiter has a new targetted data set on the fast solar wind. This data is available in the SOAR archive to be freely used. |
| URL | https://soar.esac.esa.int/soar/ |
| Title | Slow Solar Wind Connectivity Solar Orbiter Observation Plan |
| Description | Stephanie Yardley led with Alexander James co-leading the solar orbiter observing campaign for the solar solar wind. Almost all of the solar orbiter instruments were involved in the campaign, including EUI and SWA. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The campaign created a data set that is now usable freely by the international community. A publication was created that detailed the information and observations available from the campaign |
| URL | https://soar.esac.esa.int/soar/ |
| Title | SWA data available from the Solar Orbiter Archive. |
| Description | All data taken by the SWA instrument on Solar Orbiter, available within the archive from 90 days of receipt on ground. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Critical dataset for the achievement of the top level goals of the Solar Orbiter mission. |
| URL | http://soar.esac.esa.int/soar/ |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Department | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of Arizona |
| Department | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Department | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of Cologne |
| Department | Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of New Hampshire |
| Department | Space Science Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | EUI consortium |
| Organisation | Laboratoire Charles Fabry |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MSSL was responsible for the Common Electronics Box (CEB) of EUI, which was delivered to Airbus UK as part of the complete EUI telescope in May 2017. Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020, and EUI was switched on in March 2020. Commissioning is ongoing, with first light expected in April 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EUI was conceived by a multi-national consortium and proposed in 2008 under the scientific lead of Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the engineering lead of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL). The Full Sun Imager was designed and developed at Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), and the HRILya was developed by Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). The mirrors of FSI and HRIEUV were manufactured by Institut d'Optique (IO), and Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) contributed the structure of the OBS. |
| Impact | The EUI telescope was successfully delivered to Airbus UK in May 2017 and Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020. EUI was switched on in March 2020, with commissioning ongoing, and first light expected in April 2020. A paper describing the EUI instrument was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics in 2019. Papers that have been associated with the EUI results are detailed in the UKSA EUI award reports. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | EUI consortium |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MSSL was responsible for the Common Electronics Box (CEB) of EUI, which was delivered to Airbus UK as part of the complete EUI telescope in May 2017. Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020, and EUI was switched on in March 2020. Commissioning is ongoing, with first light expected in April 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EUI was conceived by a multi-national consortium and proposed in 2008 under the scientific lead of Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the engineering lead of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL). The Full Sun Imager was designed and developed at Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), and the HRILya was developed by Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). The mirrors of FSI and HRIEUV were manufactured by Institut d'Optique (IO), and Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) contributed the structure of the OBS. |
| Impact | The EUI telescope was successfully delivered to Airbus UK in May 2017 and Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020. EUI was switched on in March 2020, with commissioning ongoing, and first light expected in April 2020. A paper describing the EUI instrument was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics in 2019. Papers that have been associated with the EUI results are detailed in the UKSA EUI award reports. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | EUI consortium |
| Organisation | National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | MSSL was responsible for the Common Electronics Box (CEB) of EUI, which was delivered to Airbus UK as part of the complete EUI telescope in May 2017. Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020, and EUI was switched on in March 2020. Commissioning is ongoing, with first light expected in April 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EUI was conceived by a multi-national consortium and proposed in 2008 under the scientific lead of Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the engineering lead of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL). The Full Sun Imager was designed and developed at Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), and the HRILya was developed by Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). The mirrors of FSI and HRIEUV were manufactured by Institut d'Optique (IO), and Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) contributed the structure of the OBS. |
| Impact | The EUI telescope was successfully delivered to Airbus UK in May 2017 and Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020. EUI was switched on in March 2020, with commissioning ongoing, and first light expected in April 2020. A paper describing the EUI instrument was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics in 2019. Papers that have been associated with the EUI results are detailed in the UKSA EUI award reports. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | EUI consortium |
| Organisation | Royal Observatory of Belgium |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MSSL was responsible for the Common Electronics Box (CEB) of EUI, which was delivered to Airbus UK as part of the complete EUI telescope in May 2017. Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020, and EUI was switched on in March 2020. Commissioning is ongoing, with first light expected in April 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EUI was conceived by a multi-national consortium and proposed in 2008 under the scientific lead of Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the engineering lead of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL). The Full Sun Imager was designed and developed at Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), and the HRILya was developed by Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). The mirrors of FSI and HRIEUV were manufactured by Institut d'Optique (IO), and Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) contributed the structure of the OBS. |
| Impact | The EUI telescope was successfully delivered to Airbus UK in May 2017 and Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020. EUI was switched on in March 2020, with commissioning ongoing, and first light expected in April 2020. A paper describing the EUI instrument was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics in 2019. Papers that have been associated with the EUI results are detailed in the UKSA EUI award reports. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | EUI consortium |
| Organisation | The Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MSSL was responsible for the Common Electronics Box (CEB) of EUI, which was delivered to Airbus UK as part of the complete EUI telescope in May 2017. Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020, and EUI was switched on in March 2020. Commissioning is ongoing, with first light expected in April 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EUI was conceived by a multi-national consortium and proposed in 2008 under the scientific lead of Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the engineering lead of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL). The Full Sun Imager was designed and developed at Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), and the HRILya was developed by Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). The mirrors of FSI and HRIEUV were manufactured by Institut d'Optique (IO), and Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) contributed the structure of the OBS. |
| Impact | The EUI telescope was successfully delivered to Airbus UK in May 2017 and Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020. EUI was switched on in March 2020, with commissioning ongoing, and first light expected in April 2020. A paper describing the EUI instrument was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics in 2019. Papers that have been associated with the EUI results are detailed in the UKSA EUI award reports. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | EUI consortium |
| Organisation | University of Liege |
| Department | Liege Space Center |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MSSL was responsible for the Common Electronics Box (CEB) of EUI, which was delivered to Airbus UK as part of the complete EUI telescope in May 2017. Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020, and EUI was switched on in March 2020. Commissioning is ongoing, with first light expected in April 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EUI was conceived by a multi-national consortium and proposed in 2008 under the scientific lead of Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the engineering lead of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL). The Full Sun Imager was designed and developed at Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), and the HRILya was developed by Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). The mirrors of FSI and HRIEUV were manufactured by Institut d'Optique (IO), and Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) contributed the structure of the OBS. |
| Impact | The EUI telescope was successfully delivered to Airbus UK in May 2017 and Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020. EUI was switched on in March 2020, with commissioning ongoing, and first light expected in April 2020. A paper describing the EUI instrument was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics in 2019. Papers that have been associated with the EUI results are detailed in the UKSA EUI award reports. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | EUI consortium |
| Organisation | University of Orsay |
| Department | Space Astrophysics Institute |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | MSSL was responsible for the Common Electronics Box (CEB) of EUI, which was delivered to Airbus UK as part of the complete EUI telescope in May 2017. Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020, and EUI was switched on in March 2020. Commissioning is ongoing, with first light expected in April 2020. |
| Collaborator Contribution | EUI was conceived by a multi-national consortium and proposed in 2008 under the scientific lead of Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) and the engineering lead of Centre Spatial de Liège (CSL). The Full Sun Imager was designed and developed at Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS), and the HRILya was developed by Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS). The mirrors of FSI and HRIEUV were manufactured by Institut d'Optique (IO), and Physikalisch-Meteorologisches Observatorium Davos/World Radiation Center (PMOD/WRC) contributed the structure of the OBS. |
| Impact | The EUI telescope was successfully delivered to Airbus UK in May 2017 and Solar Orbiter was successfully launched in February 2020. EUI was switched on in March 2020, with commissioning ongoing, and first light expected in April 2020. A paper describing the EUI instrument was accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics in 2019. Papers that have been associated with the EUI results are detailed in the UKSA EUI award reports. |
| Start Year | 2008 |
| Description | HelioDISC: The Heliospheric Distributed In-situ Constellation |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Department | Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen supported the HelioDISC team in the preparation of their mission proposal. His scientific expertise was required, especially, in the development of science objectives regarding turbulence in the solar wind and the flow-down of requirements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The mission team organised regular virtual meetings, in which the mission was discussed. The team also met for a week-long co-engineering exercise (ACE run) in early 2022. |
| Impact | The collaboration submitted a pre-study report to NASA. APL selected this concept for an ACE-run, for which reports are in preparation. This collaboration includes scientists from various fields of heliophysics (solar wind, energetic particles, eruptive events) and space engineers. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Helioswarm |
| Organisation | University of New Hampshire |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is a member of the Helioswarm Theory Working Group. He supported the writing of the proposal case and the science discussions during the mission planning. Helioswarm has been selected by NASA in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The mission development is led by the University of New Hampshire. Helioswarm is a large international collaboration with many layers of contributions to the overall project, including scientific and technical expertise. |
| Impact | The Helioswarm collaboration includes experts from the fields of space plasma science and space engineering. The key output of this collaboration is the MIDEX mission that will record unprecedented multi-point data of the turbulence in the solar wind. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | ISSI Team: Exploring The Solar Wind In Regions Closer Than Ever Observed Before |
| Organisation | International Space Science Institute (ISSI) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As a member of this ISSI team, Daniel Verscharen participated in the first team meeting in January 2020 and in online meetings since the beginning of the pandemic. The participants of this meeting discussed the connectivity between Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, and other space-based and ground-based solar-physics assets. Daniel Verscharen has actively contributed with publications related to this ISSI team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners in this collaboration explored a series of six top-level research papers that the team are currently working on. The team consists of experts from the theoretical, numerical, and observational side, so that the team successfully brought together all of this expertise. |
| Impact | Daniel Verscharen has already published two research articles from this collaboration. Further research publications are currently in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI Team: Heliospheric energy budget: from kinetic scales to global solar wind dynamics |
| Organisation | International Space Science Institute (ISSI) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The first meeting of this ISSI team happened in November 2021. The participants discussed topics of kinetic electron physics in the solar wind and how these small-scale processes affect the global evolution of the plasmas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The experts in the simulation and observation of space plasmas contributed to the development of ideas for interdisciplinary and high-impact publications about the kinetic physics of the solar wind. |
| Impact | The ISSI team members are currently working on a list of multiple publications. Daniel Verscharen is involved in most of them directly. Two papers with attribution to this ISSI team have already been published. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | LUCES, Looking Up image slicers optimum Capabilities in the EUV for Space |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Dr Hamish Reid and Prof Sarah Matthews from UCL have been providing requirements specifications for the LUCES project, based upon cutting-edge solar observations that will define the parameters of the image slicer mirrors. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LUCES will evaluate the best results achievable in metallic slicers using diamond machining at Durham University. Nine slicer demonstrators will be produced, five in AL RSA with different slicer widths to determine the minimum width possible. The values for the slicer widths of these demonstrators have been selected considering the demand of current and future solar projects: 350µm, 70µm, 50µm, 15µm. These will consider spherical substrate. The demonstrator with a width of 70µm will also be produced using flat slicers. The other four demonstrators will investigate the material that offers the best surface roughness among: NiP, Brass, Nickel Silver and Copper. These four demonstrators will be produced in spherical substrate of 70 µm width to compare the results to those obtained in glass slicers in the project MINOS. |
| Impact | The requirements specification has been completed by UCL. The image slicer prototypes are being machined by Durham. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | LUCES, Looking Up image slicers optimum Capabilities in the EUV for Space |
| Organisation | UK Space Agency |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Dr Hamish Reid and Prof Sarah Matthews from UCL have been providing requirements specifications for the LUCES project, based upon cutting-edge solar observations that will define the parameters of the image slicer mirrors. |
| Collaborator Contribution | LUCES will evaluate the best results achievable in metallic slicers using diamond machining at Durham University. Nine slicer demonstrators will be produced, five in AL RSA with different slicer widths to determine the minimum width possible. The values for the slicer widths of these demonstrators have been selected considering the demand of current and future solar projects: 350µm, 70µm, 50µm, 15µm. These will consider spherical substrate. The demonstrator with a width of 70µm will also be produced using flat slicers. The other four demonstrators will investigate the material that offers the best surface roughness among: NiP, Brass, Nickel Silver and Copper. These four demonstrators will be produced in spherical substrate of 70 µm width to compare the results to those obtained in glass slicers in the project MINOS. |
| Impact | The requirements specification has been completed by UCL. The image slicer prototypes are being machined by Durham. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | M-MATISSE |
| Organisation | University of Leicester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the PI of the M-EAS sensor, which is part of the M-EPI instrument suite on board the ESA M7 mission proposal M-MATISSE. M-EAS will measure the electron distribution in the Martian environment. The M-MATISSE mission has entered Phase A studies in 2024. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Leicester leads the M-MATISSE mission and the M-EPI instrument suite. The mission PI, Beatriz Sanchez Cano coordinates the international consortium. |
| Impact | If successful, the outcome of this partnership will be the working M-EAS instrument to be delivered to Leicester. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | MagneToRE |
| Organisation | University of Delaware |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is a co-investigator of the MagneToRE mission proposal, which is currently in preparation. He has supported the definition of the science case and the science implementation work for the MagneToRE mission. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The MagneToRE mission team consists of experts from multiple European and US research institutions with a broad experience in scientific and engineering work related to space-plasma missions. |
| Impact | The MagneToRE team have submitted a pre-proposal to APL and a mission description paper. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Peking University (PKU) |
| Organisation | Peking University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has contributed to the writing of multiple papers with the colleagues from PKU. In addition, he supervised a visiting student (Honghong Wu) from Peking who visited UCL for one year from 2017 until 2018. He helped Honghong in acquiring funding from the prestigious Chinese government scholarship programme for this visit. He also advised the PKU group in the use of the NHDS code for scientific calculations of plasma waves and their polarisation properties. The collaboration is currently working on fostering this partnership by securing funding for mutual visits and further publications in the future. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Honghong Wu has worked actively with Daniel Verscharen and the MSSL space-plasma group during her visit to UCL. This has resulted in two papers in international journals. Jiansen He and Die Duan from PKU have brought additional expertise in the collaboration from their background of observing waves and turbulence in the solar wind and in the magnetosheath. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in five publications so far (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaef77, 10.3847/1538-4357/aad9aa, 10.3847/1538-4357/ab1be7, 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2a79), multiple conference presentations, and the preparation of a future publication (currently under review). |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Title | ALPS |
| Description | Daniel Verscharen has developed the ALPS code that solves the linear hot plasma dispersion relation in a plasma with arbitrary background distribution functions. The code was developed in close collaboration with Kristopher Klein from the University of Arizona. This code is a versatile and universal numerical tool for the whole plasma community (space, astrophysics, and laboratory plasmas). It calculates plasma dispersion relations in plasmas with an arbitrary number of species with arbitrary background distributions that can be provided as a table or as a closed mathematical expressions. Although the code was initially developed at UNH, important modifications, the publication of the code paper, and the publication of the code were led by UCL/MSSL with support from STFC. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The code is available on github and has already been downloaded by other researchers and students and used for their publications. The source code is publicly available so that other users can modify it and use it in their work. |
| URL | http://alps.space |
| Description | Aberdeen Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk was given on solar flares, particle acceleration, and the spacecraft that observe the Sun, including Solar Orbtier and the EUI instrument. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BBC Arabic TV - Mars interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview for BBC Arabic TV on Rosalind Franklin, PanCam & Enfys, 7 Dec |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | BBC R4 Today - Space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC R4 Today, on UK's successful space sector, in industry & academia (07:21 UT, including Rosalind Franklin), 4 January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gk5x |
| Description | BBC Radio Surrey - space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC Radio Surrey, on UK's successful space sector, in industry & academia (from 2h41), including Rosalind Franklin), and work of UCL-MSSL, 5 January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dp54yf |
| Description | BBC Radio Surrey - space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC Radio Surrey, on Cornwall space launch outcome, implications and UK space sector, 10 January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | BBC radio Surrey interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC Radio Surrey, 22 July 2023, on the work of UCL-MSSL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Business Insider - Mars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in Markets Insider, 'Elon Musk's Plan To Colonize Mars Faces Several Problems Including 'Cosmic Vandalism' Of Life That Already Exists', 17 Oct. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/elon-musk-s-plan-to-colonize-mars-faces-several-prob... |
| Description | Business Insider - Venus interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in 'OceanGate's cofounder wants to send 1,000 people to a floating colony on Venus by 2050, and says we shouldn't stop pushing the limits of innovation', Business Insider, 28 July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CPS Mars event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk 'Looking for Life on Mars with Rosalind Franklin', part of UCL-Birkbeck Centre for Planetary Sciences 'Adventures in Planetary Science' 'Is there life on Mars?' event, 15 September 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/planetary-sciences/events/2022/sep/adventures-planetary-science-there-life-mar... |
| Description | Camden New Journal - Mars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in Camden New Journal p12-13 on Rosalind Franklin mission & life beyond Earth, 15 June 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Engineering panel for ESERO UK Mars day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Chaired panel on Engineering in Space, for ESERO-UK Mars day, 7 March 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mars-day-2023-tickets-435634964907?aff=ebdssbdestsearch |
| Description | Guardian - moon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in 'India's south pole moon landing is big business for global space race', Guardian, 23 August 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/india-south-pole-moon-landing-big-business-global-spac... |
| Description | Guardian, Venus interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview for the Guardian on Venus exploration, Target Venus not Mars for first crewed mission to another planet, experts say, 23 September 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/25/target-venus-not-mars-for-first-crewed-mission-to-an... |
| Description | Horizon group foresight interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Interview for foresight project on 'Disruption, Transformation and Resilience' by Horizon Group, 20 February 2023 (included Rosalind Franklin, JUICE) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Horsham Astronomical Group - Mars & Juice |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on 'Looking for life on Mars & habitability on Jupiter's moons', Horsham astronomical group, 6 September 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview for International Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Alex James was interviewed about being one of the 25 listed rising stars in Astronomy. Inspirational article reached all subscribers in 2022 and was published online in 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://astronomy.com/magazine/news/2023/02/rising-star-in-astronomy-alexander-james |
| Description | Interview for Mail online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Info for Mail online, on life in our solar system and beyond, What COULD aliens look like? Forget little green men - life on distant exoplanets may resemble HUMANS, experts say, Mail online, 25 Feb 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11772799/What-aliens-look-like-Forget-little-green-m... |
| Description | Invited keynote lectures on the future of space science at Salzburger Hochschulwochen, Austria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two talks at an interdisciplinary summer school in Salzburg, Austria, about the future of space science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | LIYSF visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Introduction to MSSL - London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) visit, 2 August 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Land on a Lecture - Mars week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Land on a lecture: Looking for life on Mars, part of ESERO-UK Mars week, 8 March 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Lecture on Mars Express for ESERO Mars Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Land on a lecture: 20 Years of Mars Express - Land on a Lecture for ESERO-UK Mars Week 2023, 8 Mar 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/20-years-of-mars-express-land-on-a-lecture-for-mars-week-2023-tickets... |
| Description | MSSL Summer Event - Mars talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk 'Looking for life on Mars with the Rosalind Franklin rover, at UCL-MSSL Summer Event, 22 July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | MSSL work experience week talk - Mars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk on 'Looking for life on Mars & habitability on Jupter's moons', at MSSL Work Experience week, 12 July 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Mail online - life in solar system |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Info for Mail online on Where could aliens exist in our solar system?, 21 Feb 2023 (included Rosalind Franklin, JUICE) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-11775109/Where-aliens-exist-solar-system.html |
| Description | Mars & Titan interviews for PBS/BBC Planets II |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview for BBC/PBS Nova 'Planets II' 'Storm Worlds' episode in solar system atmospheres including Mars, Titan, 18 Sep 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Mars Hour presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Mars Express & Rosalind Franklin as part of ESERO-UK 'Mars hour' on Mars Day, 5 March 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/primary/enrichment/mars-day |
| Description | Mars talk, Tryon estates |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk 'Looking for life on Mars and habitability at Jupiter's moons' at Tryon estates, N Carolina, 10 April 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Mars week debate ESERO/CPS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Mars week 2024 debate: Are human missions essential or are robotics the future?, part of ESERO-UK Mars week, 7 March 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/planetary-sciences/events/2024/mar/mars-week-2024-debate-are-human-missions-es... |
| Description | New Scientist 'Instant Expert, Wonders of Space |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Looking for life on Mars' at New Scientist 'Instant Expert' event on Wonders of Space, Cavendish Conference Centre, London, 17 June 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | New Scientist on Callisto |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in New Scientist on Callisto 'Carbon dioxide gas spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter's moon Callisto', 16 February 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://institutions.newscientist.com/article/2417418-carbon-dioxide-gas-spotted-in-atmosphere-of-ju... |
| Description | Newsweek Mars interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview for Newsweek on rover design NASA-China Mars Rover Controversy: Why Robot Designs Are Similar, 4 November 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.newsweek.com/china-space-agency-nasa-copying-rover-design-mars-1756887 |
| Description | Observer - Mars quote |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in Observer, Nasa's hunt for signs of life on Mars divides experts as mission costs rocket, 12 November 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/nov/12/experts-split-over-nasa-mission-to-mars-costs-rocket |
| Description | Open day talk - Rosalind Franklin mission |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Looking for life on Mars with the Rosalind Franklin rover for UCL-MSSL Mars open day, 8 March 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mars-open-evening-at-the-mullard-space-science-laboratory-tickets-516... |
| Description | Participation in MSSL open day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | MSSL hosted an open day to showcase the science and mission involvement. A few hundred people from UCL and the general public attended the event. Solar Orbiter hosted a stand at the event where EUI and SWA involvement was showcased and discussed with members of the public. Science activities that utilised the data, including particle transport was discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Press release "How magnetic waves interact with Earth's bubble" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release about publication on foreshock waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/dec/how-magnetic-waves-interact-earths-bubble |
| Description | Press release "New study models transmission of foreshock waves towards Earth" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release by the University of Helsinki about publication on foreshock waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/space/new-study-models-transmission-foreshock-waves-towards-earth |
| Description | Press release "Transmission of foreshock waves through Earth's bow shock" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release about publication on foreshock waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.issibern.ch/from-teams-earths-bow-shock/ |
| Description | Public presentations to schools, amateur astronomers, general public continuing to 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Keynote/Invited Speaker |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | MSSL staff engagement activities always produce demonstrations of great interest from the number of questions and comments received. A point to note is that these activities continued, albeit at a reduced level, during the pandemic, using online connections. And more requests of talks and visits to schools are now arising post-pandemic with face-to-face opportunities always well received. Repeated visits and requests for talks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | http://mssl.ucl.ac.uk/SMILE/ |
| Description | Quote in Guardian on Europa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in Scientists excited to find ocean of one of Jupiter's moons contains carbon, Guardian, 21 September 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/21/scientists-excited-to-find-ocean-of-one-of-jupiters-... |
| Description | Quoted on Mars in Business Insider |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in '4 experts explain why Elon Musk's plan to colonize Mars is 'romanticized', not 'realistic', 'cosmic vandalism'', Business Insider, 7 Oct 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-plan-colonize-mars-plan-unrealistic-scientists-explain-202... |
| Description | R4 Today interview on Moon and Mars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on BBC R4 Today programme (0740) on lunar and Mars exploration (with Helen Sharman), 14 February 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001w85p |
| Description | School visit (Croydon) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk at Croydon High School on 'The weather in space and looking for life on Mars', 29 January 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.croydonhigh.gdst.net/newsletters/news-links-2-february-2024/ |
| Description | Science News |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quote in Science news on Rosalind Franklin mission, Europe pledges to launch Mars rover delayed by war, 28 Nov 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.science.org/content/article/europe-pledges-launch-mars-rover-delayed-war |
| Description | Seminar at IRF Uppsala |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk/Seminar at IRF-Uppsala Planetary Meeting on 'CAPS ELS data analysis & some results from Titan, Enceladus & other moons', 7 November 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Sky News - spaceports |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on Sky News on Shetland's SaxaVord Spaceport, 17 Dec |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Sky News interview, Artemis |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on Artemis mission on Sky News, 3 September 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Solar Orbiter Exhibition Stand at UCL/MSSL Open Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An exhibition stand highlighting the Solar Orbiter mission was put together for the UCL/MSSL open day. We also had a Solar Orbiter VR experience which was a very popular addition to the day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Talk (Mars) at European Astrofest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk at European Astrofest on 'Looking for life on Mars - Rosalind Franklin mission update', 2 February 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://europeanastrofest.com/ |
| Description | Talk on Solar Orbiter to Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Informed members of the Society for Popular Astronomy (SPA) (in person and online) about our work with Solar Orbiter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk to Newbury Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Solar Orbiter science results to a large group of amateur astronomers from the Newbury person and online attendees). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to Reading Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Solar Orbiter science results to a large group of amateur astronomers from the Reading area (in person and online attendees). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to Tubbenden School, Orpington |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | 90 pupils from Tubbenden school listened to presentation and participated in activities aimed at widening their knowledge of space and understanding our work with Solar Orbiter |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to the Hampshire Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Solar Orbiter science results to a large group of amateur astronomers from the Hampshire area (in person and online attendees). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talk to visitors at the 2023 UCL/MSSL Open Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on Solar Orbiter science results to a large group of visitors to the open day |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Talks about space weather and solar physics on MS Queen Victoria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In two talks on board MS Vitoria, Daniel Verscharen presented as a representative for the Royal Astronomical Society and UCL STFC-led research on the Sun and space weather. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Telegraph Juice article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Info for Telegraph on JUICE launch, Juice: Jupiter mission achieves lift off on second attempt, 14 April 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/14/juice-mission-launch-european-space-agency-jupiter... |
| Description | The Conversation - Venus |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article on Venus: the trouble with sending people there, The Conversation, 29 September 2022. Over 50,000 readers, media followup |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/venus-the-trouble-with-sending-people-there-191534 |
| Description | The Conversation article on Europa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Article for The Conversation on 'Jupiter's moon Europa produces less oxygen than we thought - it may affect our chances of finding life there', 4 March 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/jupiters-moon-europa-produces-less-oxygen-than-we-thought-it-may-affect-... |
| Description | UCL CPS debate Mars v Europa |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Debate Mars Vs Europa! Which is the best place to search for life beyond Earth?, UCL-Birkbeck CPS for UK-ESERO Mars week, 9 March 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/planetary-sciences/events/2023/mar/mars-vs-europa-which-best-place-search-life... |
| Description | UCL Science Centre talk, Mars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk for UCL Science Centre on Looking for life on Mars: the Rosalind Franklin rover, 25 Nov 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/physics-astronomy/outreach/science-centre-lectures |
| Description | Voyager 1 quotes in Mirror video interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Video interview for Mirror on Voyager 1 discoveries, NASA space probes that will outlive human civilisation, 18 February 2024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2rHgub9qpE |
| Description | Westminster Extra - Mars |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Westminster Extra p7 'Harrington: BBC Radio SurreyMars stars', on Rosalind Franklin mission, 16 June 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.westminsterextra.co.uk/article/harrington-mars-stars |
| Description | Winds in our solar system talk, Finland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Coates, A.J., keynote 'Agora' talk on 'Winds in our Solar System', at Aboagora Symposium arts-science event, "Wind" https://aboagora.fi/programme/, Sibelius Museum, Turku, Finland, August 2022. Talk available online, 25 Oct 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiMn9Pgi7D7A... |
| Description | iNews - moon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Quoted in 'Where is the south pole of the Moon? Why India landing the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft is such a big deal', iNews, 23 August 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |