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NASA’s radiation tolerant computer lives up to its name after surviving Van Allen belts
Before travelling to the Moon, Blue Ghost spent more than three weeks in Earth orbit. During that time it passed through the Van Allen belt and gave RadPC the chance to earn its name. Radiation ...
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Beginning of the end: NASA’s Van Allen probes…
the Moon, and outward to Mars. These regions are all located beyond the protective Van Allen radiation belts and will – by necessity – require spacecraft to function in high-radiation ...
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Earth grew an extra, never-before-seen 'radiation belt' after last year's supercharged solar storm — and it's probably still there
Earth grew a pair of extra "radiation belts" after a supercharged solar storm rocked our planet's magnetic field last year, data from a resurrected NASA spacecraft reveal. And one of the invisible ...
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Van Allen radiation belts, with whistler waves and super-fast, energetic electrons (IMAGE)
Electrons in a Van Allen radiation belt (blue) encounter whistler waves (purple) and are sent raining toward the north pole (red). THEMIS satellites are seen near the radiation belt, while UCLA ...
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Earth's Radiation Belts (Animation) (IMAGE)
The twin Van Allen Probes have spent more than six years orbiting through Earth's radiation belts. Orbit changes in early 2019 will ensure that the spacecraft eventually de-orbit and disintegrate ...