http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov
Cosmic and Heliospheric Learning Center

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach

www.ball.com/aerospace/crres.html
To Find out how Earth’s radiation environment affects microelectronic circuitry; the composition of the Earth’s radiation belts; how the magnetosphere interacts with the ionosphere.

No education page.

http://plasma2.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast
To study how the particles and fields in the upper atmosphere change during an aurora.

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/fast_epo/

www.genesismission.org
The search for origins of the universe through the study of solar wind and fusion chemistry.

www.genesismission.org/educate

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/gec/gec.htm
GEC will determine how the ionosphere-thermosphere (I-T) system reponds to magnetosphere forcing and how the I-T system is dynamically coupled to the magnetosphere.

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/educ_out/educ_out.htm

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/geotail
Study of the magnetotail region and the change over time, and how the magnetotail, plasma sheet, and magnetopause interact.

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach

http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov
Study of how the magnetosphere is changed by its interaction with the solar wind; how plasmas are transported from place to place within the magnetosphere; the loss of magnetospheric plasmas from the system during storms.

http://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry

http://ham.space.umn.edu/spacephys/imex.html
To provide global imaging of the aurora, ring current, and plasmaspheric populations. IMEX will provide in situ measurements, particularly of electric fields and ring current populations, and cross-calibration, while TWINS and IMAGE will provide a context for interpreting the IMEX measurements.

No Education Page

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/space/imp-8.html
MP-8 measures the magnetic fields, plasmas, and energetic charged particles (e.g., cosmic rays) of Earth’s magnetotail and magnetosheath and of the near-Earth solar wind. IMP-8 is one of the longest running solar-terrestrial spacecrafts. The year 2002 marks this spacecraft’s 29th year.

No Education Page

INTERBALL (1995 – )

http://www.iki.rssi.ru/interball.html
Study of the relationship between processes in the geotail and the particle acceleration above the auroral oval; how solar flares and X-ray bursts affect the magnetotail and cusp regions.

No Education Page

ISTP (mutiple missions) International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Program

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov
Participating Missions:
• CLUSTER II • POLAR • WIND
• GEOTAIL • SOHO
(find these listed alphabetically)

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach

LWS (mutiple missions) Living With a Star Program

http://lws.gsfc.nasa.gov
Participating Missions:
• IM • SDO
• RBM • Solar Sentinels
(find these listed alphabetically)

http://lws.gsfc.nasa.gov/lws_education.htm

MMS (2006 – ) Magnetospheric MultiScale

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/mc/mc.htm
This group of nano-satellites will enable us to determine the dynamics of the magnetotail, understand its responses to the solar wind, and reveal the linkages between local and global processes.

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/educ_out/educ_out.htm

MC (2010 – ) Magnetospheric Constellation

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/mms/mms.htm
MMS will quantitatively determine the geoeffectiveness of solar processes on the geospace system by exploring the fundamental physics underlying the plasma processes that control magnetospheric dynamics.

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/educ_out/educ_out.htm

Polar (1996 – )

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/polar
Study of the role of the ionosphere in geomagnetic storms; the properties of the particles and fields near the Earth’s polar regions and how energy from the magnetosphere is deposited into the upper atmosphere and auroral regions.

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach

http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/HESSI
Study of solar flares, the effect on electron and proton acceleration and the origin of energy for solar flares.

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/HESSI_epo

SAMPEX (1992 – ) Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer

http://surya.umd.edu/www/sampex.html
Study of how high-energy particles entering the magnetosphere affect Earth’s upper atmosphere; the isotopic composition of solar flares, and how cosmic rays are affected by the solar activity cycle.

http://surya.umd.edu/www/outreach.html

SNOE (1998 – )

http://lasp.colorado.edu/snoe
To measure nitric oxide density in the terrestrial lower thermosphere (100-200 km altitude) and analyze the energy inputs to that region from the Sun and magnetosphere that create it and cause its abundance to vary dramatically.

No Education Page

SOHO (1995 – ) Solar and Heliospheric Observatory

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov
Study of how the solar corona is heated, the internal structure of the Sun, and what causes the activity seen on the surface ot the Sun.

http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/explore
Also visit -
Stanford Solar Center:
http://solar-center.stanford.edu

Solar-B (2005 – )

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/solar-b/solar-b.htm
Solar-B seeks to understand the magnetic origins of solar activity and variability and how they influence and sometimes change the Earth’s environment.

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/educ_out/educ_out.htm

Solar Probe (2007 – )

www.jpl.nasa.gov/ice_fire//sprobe.htm
To find the source regions of the fast and slow solar wind at maximum and minimum solar activity; locate the source and trace the flow of energy that heats the corona; determine the structure of the polar magnetic field and its relationship with the overlying corona; and determine the role of plasma turbulence in the production of solar wind and energetic particles.

www.jpl.nasa.gov/ice_fire//outreach

Spartan 201-05 (1993, 1994, 1995)

http://umbra.gsfc.nasa.gov/spartan
Study of how the solar corona expands to become the solar wind; what the velocities and temperatures at the base of the solar wind are and how the solar wind is accelerated.

No Education Page

STEREO (2004 – ) Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/stereo/stereo.htm
STEREO will determine how coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are produced, how they evolve in the solar corona and how CME particles accelerate. It will also uncover the 3-D structure of a CME en route to Earth.

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/educ_out/educ_out.htm

STP (mutiple missions) Solar Terrestrial Probes Program

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov
Participating Missions:
• GEC • Solar-B
• MC • STEREO
• MMS • TIMED
(find these listed alphabetically)

No Education Page

TIMED (2001 – ) Thermosphere•Ionosphere•Mesosphere•Energetic Dynamics

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov/missions/timed/timed.htm
TIMED will study the atmospheric properties (e.g., winds, temperature, chemical constitiuents, and energetics) of the Mesosphere, Lower Thermosphere, and Ionosphere (MLTI) region on a global scale.

http://stp.gsfc.nasa.gov

TRACE (1998 – )

http://vestige.lmsal.com/TRACE
Study of the 3-D structure of features seen on the Sun’s surface; how the corona is heated; and what triggers solar flares.

http://vestige.lmsal.com/TRACE/Public/eduprodu.htm

TWINS (2003 – ) Two Wide-angle Imaging Neutral-atom Spectrometers

http://nis-www.lanl.gov/nis-projects/twins
This mission will provide new ways for stereoscopic imaging of Earth’s plasma environment in order to study its dynamics.

No Education Page

Ulysses (1990 – )

http://ulysses.jpl.nasa.gov
To study what the solar wind looks like near the poles of the Sun; what the Sun’s magnetic field looks like near its poles; and how the polar wind and magnetic field change during maximum sunspot conditions.

http://ulysses.jpl.nasa.gov/outreach/outreach.html

Voyager (1997 – )

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/
– or –
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/voyager/
See Mission pages for outreach components
To find the solar heliopause located beyond the orbit of Pluto; to uncover the properties of the interstellar medium, and to study the interaction of the interstellar medium and the solar wind.

No Education Page

Wind (1994 – )

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/wind
To study plasma interactions as the solar wind impacts the Earth’s magnetosphere; and how energy is transported out of the Earth’s magnetosphere and into the upstream solar wind.

http://istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp/outreach

Yohkoh (1991 – )

www.lmsal.com/SXT/Yohkoh
To observe how the Sun produces X-ray flares and other activity; how the level of activity changes over time; and how the chromosphere and corona are heated.

No Education Page