Welcome to the Boston University Space Physics Acquisition Center

BUSPACE provides data acquired from the missions, experiments, and instruments which involved or involve the Boston University Center for Space Physics faculty and students. This node of the Space Physics Data System exists to provide access to data dealing with space physics phenomena found in the Earth extended upper atmosphere known as the ionosphere and magnetosphere and acquired by a variety of rockets, spacecrafts, and ground-based equipment.

The Energetic Particle Group: E.P.G.

Energetic Particle Group consists of individuals studying the dynamics of energetic particles within Earth's magnetosphere. An ensemble of undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty from the Center for space Physics comprise the EPG. Professor Theodore A. Fritz and Professor Harlan E. Spence are the primary investigators of the EPG. Professor Fritz joined the Boston University Center for Space Physics faculty in January 1992. His research interests include charged particles and their compositions. He has participated in a variety of projects such as the International Sun-Earth Explorer 1&2 (ISEE 1&2), the NASA GGS Polar mission, and the joint ESA/NASA Cluster mission. Professor Spence joined the department in September 1993. His research interests include global magnetospheric modeling and magnetic substorms. Having graduated from the Boston University Astronomy Department with honors in 1983, Professor Spence returned to BU to partake in the Polar experiment. He has also participated in the Central European Satellite for Advanced Research (CESAR) project and the Oersted Satellite project.