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The Mandate of the Centre includes:
- Conducting research to expand the frontiers of knowledge in Atmospheric Science and Astronomy.
- The development of skills and knowledge of researchers.
- Enhancement of international collaboration with other Centres with similar interests, in well defined projects, in such a way that Nigerian Scientists and Engineers must ab-initio be involved in the development process.
- Promotion of the introduction of Atmospheric Sciences and Astronomy into the curricular at all levels of our educational systems.
- Design, fabrication and patent space technology instruments and products, and appropriate hard and softwares.
- Promotion of outreach and awareness programs capable of exciting young minds and disseminating to the general public the tremendous benefits derivable from Space Science and Technology.
- Encouragement of relevant activities in other Centre to provide the much-needed physics education required for a thorough understanding of studies and problems in other areas of space science applications.
- To serve the distinct advisory and policy-making – roles to governmental and non-governmental agencies.
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Brief History
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY