#TRACERS heliophysics mission enters Phase B
“#TRACERS heliophysics mission enters Phase B” Two NASA sounding rockets carrying SwRI-developed ion instruments studied the electrodynamics of the polar cusp. The instruments will fly on TRACERS, a heliophysics mission to study how the Earth’s and Sun’s magnetic fields interact, set to launch in 2023. Credit: NASA/Jamie Adkins NASA has approved the Tandem Reconnection and…