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Working on Four Spacecraft Simultaneously
Working on Four Spacecraft Simultaneously
01.24.13 – NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission clean room is buzzing with activity as engineers work on all four observatories at the same time.
Cluster Finds Turbulent Eddies May Warm the Solar Wind
Cluster Finds Turbulent Eddies May Warm the Solar Wind
01.08.13 – A new study of data obtained by the European Space Agency's Cluster spacecraft may help explain why the flow of electrically charged particles and magnetic fields from the sun, the solar wind, is hotter than it should be.
Instrument Deck Installed on MMS Observatory #2
Instrument Deck Installed on MMS Observatory #2
12.13.12 – Installation of the instrument deck is complete on the second of four MMS observatories, which are being assembled at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Dr. Earl Scime holds the large LEGO model of NASA's Magnetosperic Multiscale Mission spacecraft that his students built.
Students Build a MMS Spacecraft Model Using LEGOs®
09.11.12 – With a little help from LEGO® designers, students in West Virginia built a one-foot diameter model of a future NASA mission called the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) spacecraft.
Hidden Portals in Earth's Magnetic Field
Hidden Portals in Earth’s Magnetic Field
07.02.12 – A NASA-funded researcher at the University of Iowa has figured out how to find X-points, places where the magnetic field of Earth connects to the magnetic field of the Sun.
Instrument Integration Begins on MMS Spacecraft
Instrument Integration Begins on MMS Spacecraft
06.08.12 – Engineers working on NASA'S Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission have started integrating instruments on the first of four instrument decks in a…
Goddard Collaborates on MMS Instrument
Goddard Collaborates on MMS Instrument
04.30.12 – During the last week of March, 2012, researchers from Goddard, Marshall, SWRI and Japan came together to test a key instrument for the Magnetospheric…
Spacecraft Cleanroom Goes Green
Spacecraft Cleanroom Goes Green
01.13.12 – MMS mission requirements lead to construction of a new ‘Green’ cleanroom, where the four identical spacecraft will be assembled and integrated.
The MMS dual electron spectrometer being built in the Goddard clean room.
Goddard Building Instrument To Study Reconnection
04.29.11 – At NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, scientists and engineers are working on a crucial element of the the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission to study magnetic reconnection: the Fast Plasma Instrument (FPI).
>Missions, Meetings, and the Magnetosphere Radial Tire Model
Missions, Meetings, and the Magnetosphere Radial Tire Model
10.01.10 – Read through a question-and-answer session with Magnetospheric MultiScale Project Scientist Tom Moore.
NASA’s Magnetospheric Mission Passes Major Milestone
NASA’s Magnetospheric Mission Passes Major Milestone
09.03.10 – NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission passed its critical design review, which clears the way for spacecraft fabrication.
NASA’s Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission Takes a Step Closer to Solving the Mystery Behind Magnetic Reconnection
NASA’s Magnetospheric MultiScale Mission Takes a Step Closer to Solving the Mystery Behind Magnetic Reconnection
07.21.09 – NASA is designing a mission to investigate one of the most fundamental and explosive physical processes in the universe - magnetic reconnection. Known as the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, it was approved for implementation on June 18, 2009 following a successful Preliminary Design Review in May 2009.
NASA Goddard and University of Idaho Create Solutions for 2 NASA Missions
NASA Goddard and University of Idaho Create Solutions for 2 NASA Missions
12.19.08 – Pen-Shu Yeh is a senior engineer at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. and a grant technical officer. She’s also the person that helped create unique solutions for data compression for future missions with a team from the University of Idaho (U-Idaho). Those solutions are now going to fly on two of NASA’s upcoming missions.

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