. ▁ ▁Space ▁Research ▁The ▁Finn ish ▁Meteor ological ▁Institute ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁few ▁places ▁in ▁Finland ▁where ▁space ▁research ▁takes ▁place . ▁The ▁inst itute ▁has ▁been ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁several ▁high - profile ▁NASA ▁and ▁E SA ▁miss ions , ▁such ▁as ▁Phoenix , ▁Mars ▁Science ▁Labor atory , ▁Ros etta ▁and ▁B ep i Col om bo , ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁leading ▁a ▁land er ▁mission ▁of ▁their ▁own , ▁Met Net . ▁They ▁worked ▁with ▁Spain ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁to ▁contribute ▁to ▁the ▁R over ▁Environment al ▁Mon itor ing ▁Station ▁( RE MS ) ▁on ▁Mars ▁Science ▁Labor atory ▁( Cur ios ity ). ▁ ▁The ▁Finn ish ▁Meteor ological ▁Institute ▁has ▁designed ▁and ▁produced ▁parts ▁to ▁the ▁robot ic ▁space ▁pro be ▁Ros etta ▁and ▁robot ic ▁land er ▁Phil ae , ▁which ▁sent ▁some ▁data ▁from ▁com et ▁ 6 7 P / Ch ury um ov - G eras imen ko ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁electric ▁solar ▁wind ▁sail , ▁invent ed ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁by ▁FM i ▁scient ist ▁P ek ka ▁Jan h un en , ▁got ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Finn ish ▁Qu ality ▁In nov ation ▁Prize ▁among ▁Pot ential ▁innov ations . ▁It ▁was ▁tested ▁in ▁E ST C ube - 1 ▁satellite . ▁ ▁Staff ▁The ▁number ▁of ▁full - time ▁staff ▁of ▁the ▁Finn ish ▁Meteor ological ▁Institute ▁is ▁about ▁ 5