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NASA's MMS Captures Magnetic Reconnection in Action
Like sending sensors up into a hurricane, NASA has flown four spacecraft through an invisible maelstrom in space, called magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection is one of the prime drivers of space radiation and so it is a key...
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NASA | The MMS Mission's Unique Orbit
Scientist John Dorelli explains the MMS mission's orbit and why the four spacecraft fly in a tetrahedron formation. This complex arrangement enables scientists to gather data about magnetic reconnection in 3D.
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NASA | Goddard's Speedy MMS Instruments Will Measure Mysterious Physics
Host Katrina Jackson talks with Craig Pollock and Ulrik Gliese about Goddard's contribution to the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission - the Fast Plasma Investigation suite of instruments. These instruments will study a...
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NASA | Visions of Goddard
Excerpts from 14 short films about NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.<b<br/>r/>
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NASA | Goddard Summer Interns: Alejandro Arambula
Alejandro Arambula is an aerospace engineering student at M.I.T. and a summer intern in the Propulsion Lab. This summer he is working with his mentor Khary Parker in building a test assembly for a specific zone of the propulsion...
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Observations Reshape Basic Plasma Wave Physics
New light has been shed on the invisible forces shaping our near-Earth environment, unveiling a fundamental physical phenomenon.
Using a specialized suite of instruments aboard NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale...
Using a specialized suite of instruments aboard NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale...
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NASA | MMS Science Overview: The Many Mysteries of MMS
Scientists Michael Hesse and John Dorelli explain the science objectives of the MMS mission.
The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission is comprised of four identically instrumented spacecraft that will use Earth’s...
The Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission is comprised of four identically instrumented spacecraft that will use Earth’s...
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NASA | MMS Mission Overview
Senior Project Scientist Tom Moore outlines the three instrument suites onboard the four MMS spacecraft.
On March 12, 2015, NASA plans to launch the Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission. MMS consists of four...
On March 12, 2015, NASA plans to launch the Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission. MMS consists of four...
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NASA | MMS Engineering Challenges
It's hard enough to build one spacecraft, but the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) is building four. Together, the spacecraft will unlock the mysteries of magnetic reconnection, when magnetic fields explosively connect and...
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NASA | Dr. Holly Gilbert MMS Pre-launch Live Shot
NASA Scientist Dr. Holly Gilbert discusses the upcoming launch and overview of the MMS Mission.<b<b<br/>r/>r/>
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NASA | 3 Days in 1 Minute: Stacking the MMS Spacecraft
The Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission stacked all four of its spacecraft in preparation for vibration testing. This time lapse shows one image every thirty seconds over three days of work. First, the spacecraft are...
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MMS Breaks World Record
MMS now holds the Guinness World Record for highest altitude GPS fix – 43,500 miles above Earth’s surface.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein
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Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Genna Duberstein
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NASA Spacecraft Discovers New Magnetic Process in Turbulent Space
Though close to home, the space immediately around Earth is full of hidden secrets and invisible processes. In a new discovery reported in the journal Nature, scientists working with NASA’s Magnetospheric...
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Science at Nasa: Science Casts: Hidden Magnetic Portals Around Earth
A NASA-sponsored researcher at the University of Iowa has developed a way for spacecraft to hunt down hidden magnetic portals in the vicinity of Earth. These portals link the magnetic field of our planet to that of the Sun. (June 28,...