WIND Mission Science
WIND, since its launch has witnessed numerous solar-terrestrial interactions and many rare events. From May 10th through 12th, of 1999, the solar wind that constantly shoots out from the Sun became incredibly faint. It dropped to only two percent of the normal particle-density and half of the normal wind speed. During this rare event, scientists can view the Sun's corona directly. During this short window, scientists are able to observe the Sun with very little disturbances compared to normal viewing conditions.
WIND also was the first spacecraft to detect gamma ray bursts that led to the confirmation of "magnetars."
Started in October of 1998, WIND entered a "petal orbit" which brought the spacecraft out of the ecliptic plane
