Progress status of the NUSES Space Mission
NUSES is a new space mission aiming to test innovative technological and observational approaches related to the study of cosmic radiation, astrophysical neutrinos, Sun-Earth environment, Space weather and magnetosphere-ionosphere-lithosphere coupling. The satellite will host two payloads, Terzina and Ziré. Ziré will perform measurements of electrons, protons and light nuclei from several MeV up to hundreds of MeV, for the study of low energy cosmic rays, space weather phenomena and possible Magnetosphere-Litosphere-Ionosphere Coupling signals. The experiment also aims to test new tools for photon detection in the energy range 0.1–50 MeV, allowing the investigation of transient phenomena and steady gamma sources. Terzina, by pointing towards the Earth’s limb, will monitor the light emissions from above and below the limb. It will observe the Cherenkov light produced by Extensive Air Showers (EASs) generated by cosmic ray primaries at energies E > 10 17 eV above the limb. On the other hand it will prove the observational concept of detecting astrophysical tau neutrinos showers emerging below the limb from the Earth’s crust. The scientific objectives and development status of the NUSES mission are reported.
Authors
- F. Cadoux
- Austin Cummings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9012-7851)
- G. Osteria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9871-8103)
- G. Panzarini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2586-1021)
- Mauro D’Arco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1641-8359)
- V. Scotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8868-3990)
- Uygar Atalay
- Pierpaolo Savina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7670-554X)
- John Krizmanic (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9690-9352)
- R. Battiston (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5808-7239)
- F. Loparco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1173-5673)
- M. Mariotti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3297-4128)
- R. Rando (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6992-818X)
- V. Rizi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5277-6527)
- Felicia Barbato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0751-6731)
- Viviana Scherini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3762-4063)
- Caterina Trimarelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8811-3266)
- F. Nozzoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4355-7947)
- I. Cagnoli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8822-5914)
- G. De Robertis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8261-6236)
- Johannes Eser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3849-2955)
- E. Bissaldi
- F. Salamida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9306-8447)
- Marco Mese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1452-3542)
- Giulio Fontanella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9890-8397)
- R. Pillera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3808-963X)
- S. Garbolino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5604-1395)
- Dimitrios Kyratzis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5894-271X)
- Denise Boncioli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1186-9353)
- Ritabrata Sarkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8944-9001)
- F. Guarino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1427-9885)
- F. Gargano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5055-6395)
- L. Lorusso (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-4401)
- M. Mignone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2973-3103)
- I. De Mitri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-1730)
- D. Serini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9754-6530)
- Roberto Aloisio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0161-5923)
- L. Burmistrov
- A. Di Salvo
- D. Pattanaik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1380-1187)
- Stefan Cristi Zugravel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3352-9846)
- М. Бертаина (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1069-1397)
- Daniele Cortis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4272-7083)
- B. Panico (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1063-6961)
- Muhammd Abdullahi
- H.P. Lima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-3237)
- F. Licciulli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6955-0321)
- T. Montaruli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5014-2152)
- P. Zuccon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-754X)
- Lorenzo Perrone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8150-4336)
- D. Orlandi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5567-792X)
- P. Fusco
- Rodrigo Alberto Torres Saavedra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4531-6434)
- R. Iuppa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5038-2762)
- M. N. Mazziotta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9325-4672)
- A. K. Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0621-2816)
- L. Di Venere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0703-824X)
- Piero Palmieri
- Iqra Siddique (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2515-6616)
- A. Di Giovanni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8462-4894)
- M. Heller
- Angela V. Olinto
- M. Giliberti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2835-2963)
- A. Liguori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-4240-6362)
- Angelo Rivetti (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2628-5222)
- Y. Favre
- Andrey N. Smirnov
- E. Casilli
- Shideh Davarpanah
- Sara Fogliacco
- S. Ashurov
- R. Nicoladis
- David Shledewitz
Institutions
- University of Geneva (CH)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (IT)
- University of Trento (IT)
- University of L'Aquila (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino (IT)
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Bari (IT)
- Gran Sasso Science Institute (IT)
- University of Turin (IT)
- Polytechnic University of Bari (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advances in Space Research
- Published
- 2025-09-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2025.08.072
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Planetary Science and Exploration
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- European Commission
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
- Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico
- Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca