University of Minnesota-led experiment to fly on NASA mission to Earth's radiation belts
Thursday, August 23, 2012 - 13:01
in Astronomy & Space
A University of Minnesota-led experiment is set for launch Friday, Aug. 24 aboard NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission, a probe of the forces that govern radiation in the Van Allen Radiation Belts. These two concentric, doughnut-shaped regions of space girdle the Earth and pose radiation danger to astronauts and spacecraft.