NASA Radiation Belt Storm Probes to launch, UNH components aboard
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 11:50
in Astronomy & Space
At 4:08 a.m. Thursday, August 23, NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes are scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida on a two-year mission to investigate Earth's hazardous radiation belt environment as never before. On board both spacecraft will be a host of scientific hardware and software from teams at the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC).