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TRACERS dual-satellite mission prepares to explore magnetic reconnection at Earth's cusp
NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led ...
Millennium Space Systems Begins On-Orbit Commissioning of NASA's TRACERS Mission Following Successful Launch
Millennium Space Systems, a Boeing Company, has begun on-orbit commissioning of NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp ...
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SpaceX launches NASA's TRACERS mission to protect Earth from space weather (video)
One of these ride-along NASA efforts is the Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) SmallSat, which will ...
SpaceX launches a pair of NASA satellites to probe the origins of space weather
Another NASA-funded tech demo named Athena EPIC was also aboard the Falcon 9 rocket. Led by NASA's Langley Research Center, ...
NASA launches TRACERS to study Earth’s magnetosphere and solar wind
The TRACERS mission—short for Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites—aims to study how ...
SpaceX rocket to propel 2 NASA satellites into orbit: What to know about TRACERS mission
But up next, the commercial spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk will instead help launch into orbit twin ...
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How to watch the Space X launch of the University of Iowa and NASA-backed TRACERS mission
The University of Iowa led NASA TRACERS mission launches today around 1 p.m. Here's how to tune in online or at a Iowa City ...
NASA probes will study how solar wind triggers potentially dangerous "space weather"
Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging ...
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2 new NASA satellites will track space weather to help keep us safe from solar storms
A new mission set to blast off for low-Earth orbit will study magnetic storms around the Earth and learn more about how they ...
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NASA Satellites Launching From VSFB to Help Solve Space-Weather Mystery
Twin NASA satellites are set to travel to space Tuesday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket poised to launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base and help scientists ...
University of Iowa holding watch party for TRACERS launch
The dual satellites will collect data on magnetic reconnection, launching aboard a SpaceX rocket taking off from California’s ...
University of Iowa-led satellite mission to study space weather launches this month
The sun emits solar winds which can jam our power grids, satellites radios and more. The new TRACERS project wants to learn ...