Coronal Mass Ejections

NASA’s PUNCH Mission to Revolutionize Our View of Solar Wind  – NASA Science

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NASA’s PUNCH Mission to Revolutionize Our View of Solar Wind  – NASA Science

Earth is immersed in material streaming from the Sun. This stream, called the solar wind, is washing over our planet, causing breathtaking auroras, impacting satellites and astronauts in space, and even affecting ground-based infrastructure.  NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission will be the first to image the Sun’s corona, or outer … Read more

NASA’s PUNCH Mission Tests Solar Arrays Before Launch – NASA

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NASA’s PUNCH Mission Tests Solar Arrays Before Launch – NASA

Technicians supporting NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission deployed and tested the spacecraft’s solar arrays at the Astrotech Space Operations processing facility at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California ahead of its launch next month. The arrays, essential for powering instruments and systems, mark another milestone in preparing PUNCH for its … Read more