NASA probes will study how solar wind triggers potentially dangerous

NASA probes will study how solar wind triggers potentially dangerous

SpaceX launched twin satellites for NASA Wednesday that will study how the electrically-charged solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic field, creating constantly changing and occasionally dangerous “space weather” affecting satellites, electrical grids and other critical systems. The identical TRACERS satellites will operate in the magnetosphere, “the region around our Earth …

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“It makes me feel like I’m 30 years old again”: NASA’s oldest astronaut Don Pettit celebrates his 70th birthday with a rejuvenated return | – The Times of India

“It makes me feel like I’m 30 years old again”: NASA’s oldest astronaut Don Pettit celebrates his 70th birthday with a rejuvenated return | – The Times of India

At 70, most individuals are gearing up for retirement, looking back on their professional lives, or easing up from the physical strains of daily life. But not Don Pettit. As NASA‘s oldest full-time astronaut, Pettit spent his seventh decade floating in space, finishing a gruelling seven-month stint on the International …

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