Scientists To Study Earth’s Radiation Belt With High-Tech Satellite Instruments

NASA is launching twin satellites on August 24 from Cape Canaveral, Florida that will conduct the most intimate study to date of the Van Allen Radiation Belts that envelop Earth. The two-year Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission will study the extremes of space weather and should help scientists improve space weather forecasting. More

(Source: RedOrbit - Aug 25)