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IRF – an international contributor to space research

The Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) works in close collaboration with research organisations, space agencies and universities around the world. From international space missions to joint instrument development projects, IRF participates in research that extends far beyond Sweden’s borders. Today, the institute collaborates with more than 50 organisations in Europe, the United States, India and Japan, among others.

Doctoral thesis nailed by Jordi Boldú

On Friday Jordi Boldú nailed his thesis “The Role of Kinetic Waves in the Solar Wind Evolution” at IRF Uppsala. The thesis was written at IRF and Uppsala University, under the supervision of Daniel Graham.

IRF participates in ESA study for a future Lunar Environment Analysis Package

Researchers at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) are participating in a study funded by European Space Agency, ESA to develop the scientific instrument package concept for a potential future lunar surface mission. The concept, named as Lunar Environment Analysis Package (LEAP, or AstroLEAP), is being prepared, targeting its deployment in the early 2030 on the lunar surface.

Instrument developed in Kiruna tested for ESA comet mission

An instrument developed at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in Kiruna has recently completed an important environmental test ahead of a future space mission. The instrument SCIENA (Solar wind Cometary Ions and Energetic Neutral Atoms), which will fly aboard ESA’s Comet Interceptor spacecraft, has now completed a thermal vacuum cycle test.