Friday, 24 August 2012

Radiation Belt Storm Probes to Launch Saturday

RBSP in the Atlas V Rocket on the launchpadNASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes is now set to launch at 4:07 a.m. EDT Saturday, after Friday's launch attempt was scrubbed due to a technical issue, which engineers are now troubleshooting.

RBSP will help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on various scales of space and time.






source:http://1.usa.gov/18X0au

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