The TRACERS mission, comprised of two twin satellites launched via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, has commenced its operational phase following successful deployment and initial contact with ground ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Tuesday was supposed to mark the launch of NASA's TRACERS satellite mission. It's the largest space project ever launched by the University of Iowa. The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp ...

VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. – The TRACERS mission and three other NASA missions are scheduled to be launched from Vandenberg SFB aboard a Falcon 9 booster with a 57-minute launch window ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — UPDATE: Tuesday's launch was pushed to Wednesday. As a result, the TRACERS mission launch watch party has been rescheduled to Wednesday, July 23, from 12:30 to 3 p.m., with the ...

TRACERS will study how the sun's magnetic field connects with Earth's. Two satellites will orbit together to observe this magnetic connection. The mission improves our understanding of space weather ...

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led by the University of Iowa (UI) with substantial contributions from Southwest ...

TRACERS will watch magnetic field lines snapping and reconnecting as solar storms overwhelm them. NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (July 23 ...

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Earth's magnetosphere protects our planet from being constantly bombarded by solar wind that can disrupt satellites, GPS and other technology. To better understand the phenomenon, NASA plans to place ...

A SpaceX rocket launched two satellites with Texas ties on their one-year journey to study space weather. The Falcon 9 ferrying NASA’s Tracers mission to orbit lifted off earlier this week from ...

The next satellites SpaceX helps to deliver to orbit from Southern California won't be its own, but rather two of NASA's. Spaceflight missions to deploy internet-beaming Starlink satellites are by far ...