Working towards more accurate CO2 measurements of the future

  In Toulouse Martijn Smit (instrument scientist), Geert Keijzer (design engineer) Rob Wolfs (electronics engineer) and Jens Johansen (instrument software engineer) tested whether their SPEXairborne design fits well on the Falcon 20 and whether the instrument...

Searching for Earth’s twin

How do we find an Earth’s twin sister? SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research investigates exoplanets using existing space telescopes and also helps in future space missions, including finding a second Earth. Michiel Min is head of our research programme...
Mission: PACE/SPEXone

Mission: PACE/SPEXone

The NASA observatory PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud and ocean Ecosystem) will study various factors that affect the Earth’s climate. PACE will have three scientific instruments: the ocean color instrument OCI, aerosol polarimeter SPEXone and cloud polarimeter...