Space Research and Education Opportunities in Northern Sweden

Space Research and Education Opportunities in Northern Sweden!Dr. Carol Norberg Department of Physics

Faculty of Science and Technology Photo: NASA Photo: Ken Libbrecht

Sweden is not just ………..

The least populated area in Europe

Sunset & sunrise in Kiruna

La4tude 67.83o, longitude 20.43o Midnight sun 28 May -‐ 16 July (50 days) Polar night 12 December -‐ 31 December (20 days)

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Noctilucent clouds

PSC (Polar Stratospheric Clouds)

Ozone layer

Stratospheric- balloons

Passanger plane

IONOSPHERE

STRATOSPHERE

TROPOSPHERE TROPOPAUSE

STRATOPAUSE

Rocket for auroral and atmospheric research

375 - 450 km

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Rocket for experiments In microgravity

Visible meteors

Height (km) ISS

Space in Kiruna

•  Swedish Institute of Space Physics •  Esrange & ESA Salmijärvi satellite

station •  EISCAT •  Arena Arctica •  Spaceport Sweden

Ground-based instruments ESRAD

Cameras, ALIS,..

EISCAT On Antarctica

Lidar …

Comparative magnetospheric studies •  How the environment affects the planet’s evolution •  Space and the Earth -> Space and Life

Solar Wind

Tail Beams(0.1 - 3 keV)

Flank Cold IonOutflow (1 - 100 eV)

Earth Mars

Venus

Comets

Mercury Moon Saturn

Esrange Space Center – 40 years as a spaceport for suborbital rockets

Swedish Space Corpora4on

5,000 sq km Restric/on Area

REXUS and BEXUS

A EuroLaunch Proposal for a Swedish/German Student Rocket and Balloon Programme

www.esa.int/educa4on

STS-116 & 128 (2006 & 2009)

Foto: NASA

Studying in Sweden is free!

(www.universityadmissions.se)

If you have ci/zenship in a European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA) country, or Switzerland, you are NOT required to pay applica/on or tui/on fees.

Summer course: Human Spaceflight and Exploration,

3 weeks, 5-23 August 2013 7.5 ECTS

• History of human spaceflight • Space environment • Spacesuits • Astronaut selection • Microgravity research • Space exploration • Space tourism • No course fees!

www.irf.se/link/summer_university

Arctic Science, 4.5 ECTS4-day meeting February 2013, Kiruna, Sweden

Come on an adventure……… Photo: Ken Libbrecht

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Course includes: •  Auroral physics and observa4ons •  Introduc4on to snow and ice-‐related phenomena, e.g. avalanches

•  Climate’s impact on the Arc4c environment •  Mother-‐of-‐pearl clouds & op4cal phenomena in the atmosphere

•  Excursions •  No course fees! •  www.irf.se/link/winter_course

Photos:SnowCrystals.com

Eligibility •  General requirements of eligibility for university studies

•  Proven proficiency in English •  A-‐level physics, Fysik B (Sweden) or equivalent

Climate Impacts Research Centre & Aurora Sky Sta4on -‐ Abisko

ICEHOTEL

Umeå Masters Programme in Physics

•  Start August/September •  Minimum living costs including rent about 600 pounds per month •  Umeå recently ranked 1st in Sweden by Interna4onal students •  www.physics.umu.se/english/educa4on/programmes/physicsmaster/physics-‐courses

Dr. V. Barabash, IRV 2009-10

Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Space Science and Technology – SpaceMaster II, 120 ECTS

www.spacemaster.se

2010-2016 • Luleå University of Technology, Department of Space Science, Kiruna • Cranfield University, UK • Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic • Aalto University, School of Science and Technology, Finland • Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg, Germany • Université Paul Sabatier Toulouse, France University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Science, Japan • Utah State University, USA

Associative members: • Swedish Institute of Space Physics • EISCAT Scientific Association • Swedish Space Corporation • EADS Deutschland GmbH (EADS-IW) • Honeywell International s.r.o.

For more information: www.umu.se

& www.universityadmissions.se

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Thank you for your attention! Faculty of Science and Technology

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