NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy
5 min read NASA, ESA Missions Help Scientists Uncover How Solar Wind Gets Energy Since the 1960s, astronomers have wondered how the Sun’s supersonic “solar...
Category : Heliophysics Division
NASA’s ICON Mission Ends with Several Ionospheric Breakthroughs
NASA’s ICON, shown in this artist’s concept, studied the frontiers of space, the dynamic zone high in our atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets...
NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility to Launch Student Experiments
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) A Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket carrying students experiments for the RockOn! mission successfully launched...
The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA
5 Min Read The April 8 Total Solar Eclipse: Through the Eyes of NASA A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas on April 8,...
NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse
5 min read NASA to Launch Sounding Rockets into Moon’s Shadow During Solar Eclipse NASA will launch three sounding rockets during the total solar eclipse...
Eclipse Photographers Will Help Study Sun During Its Disappearing Act
5 min read Eclipse Photographers Will Help Study Sun During Its Disappearing Act As the Sun temporarily disappears from midday skies over North America on...
NASA Launches Snap It! Computer Game to Learn About Eclipses
2 Min Read NASA Launches Snap It! Computer Game to Learn About Eclipses In NASA’s Snap It! An Eclipse Photo Adventure game, players will help...
Night-Shining Cloud Mission Ends; Yields High Science Results for NASA
5 min read Night-Shining Cloud Mission Ends; Yields High Science Results for NASA NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission, seen in this...
NASA Rocket to See Sizzling Edge of Star-Forming Supernova
5 min read NASA Rocket to See Sizzling Edge of Star-Forming Supernova A new sounding rocket mission is headed to space to understand how explosive...
AWE Launching to Space Station to Study Atmospheric Waves via Airglow
4 min read AWE Launching to Space Station to Study Atmospheric Waves via Airglow NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment, or AWE, mission is scheduled to launch...
