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 Research Institute (SwRI),

A new NASA mission is set to launch that will study the effects of Earth’s magnetic field on us. NASA and SpaceX are set to launch the TRACERS mission from California later this month to study Earth’s magnetosphere. The mission will involve a Falcon 9 rocket carrying two satellites into Earth’s polar orbit.

On Wednesday, a powerful SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soared into the sky from Space Launch Complex 4 East at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. Powerful Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base The rocket carried with it NASA’s latest mission—TRACERS,

NASA is launching two cutting-edge satellites into space to uncover the secrets behind powerful solar storms that could cripple our communication systems, satellites, and even power grids. These twin spacecraft,