The on-board computer that will be in the PLATO space mission is being built in Granada. This mission will be launched into space in 2026. The European Space Agency has approved the construction of this mission in which researchers from the University of Granada and the Astrophysics Institute of Andalusia participate.
Astrophysics Institute of Andalusia
Rafael Garrido, an astrophysicist who faces Parkinson’s disease to search for other planets
He decided that he would become an astrophysicist after watching the film ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. Born in Baena, Cordoba, Rafael Garrido was the only Spanish researcher who participated in the COROT space mission, developed by the European Space Agency. He is currently part of PLATO, with which he continues his search for planets that […]
The Alhambra Survey project surpasses NASA creating the most complete atlas of the universe
A group of Andalusian researchers has created the most complete atlas of the stars existing to study the Universe. The have collected data due to the Alhambra Survey Project, led by the Astrophysics Institute of Andalusia.