UI Instruments Aboard Twin NASA Spacecraft Set for Launch Aug. 24

Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 12:30 in Astronomy & Space

University of Iowa instruments will be on board when -- on Aug. 24 -- NASA launches two identical satellites from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to begin its Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission to study the extremes of space weather and help scientists improve space weather forecasts.

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