The twin Van Allen Probes have confirmed scientific theories and revealed new structures, compositions, and processes at work in these dynamic regions. In February, the Van Allen Probes mission ...

Van Allen Probes mark first anniversary with new discoveries and new investigations Date: September 2, 2013 Source: NASA Summary: One year after their launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ...

The Van Allen Probes are one step toward gathering more information about space weather in the radiation belts, but they do not have the ability to observe events everywhere at once.

The Van Allen Probes have been set on a trajectory that will plunge the radiation belt satellites into the Earth's atmosphere. In order to keep the pair of spacecraft from becoming a hazard to ...

An artist's depiction of the Van Allen Probes in orbit around Earth. (Image credit: JHU/APL) The Van Allen Probes were designed to last at least 2.5 years, and they did so, remaining at work for ...

On Feb. 12, 2019, one of the twin Van Allen Probes begins a series of orbit descent maneuvers to bring its lowest point of orbit, called perigee, just under 190 miles closer to Earth.

The Earth’s molten iron core manufactures strong magnetic fields that shield the Earth from space radiation, such as solar wind. After charged particles encounter the Earth’s magnetic field, they ...

Observation of chorus waves by the Van Allen Probes: Dependence on solar wind parameters and scale size. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics , 2016; DOI: 10.1002/2016JA022775 Cite This ...

These two probes are described as incredibly hardy, having survived more than half a decade of orbiting through the Van Allen radiation belts, where they've been subjected to charged particles.

The Van Allen Probes — a pair of twin spacecraft formerly known as the Radiation Belt Storm Probes — launched Aug. 30, and turned on their instruments two days later. Since then, the ...

NASA's twin Van Allen Probes launched in August 2012 to help differentiate between the many waves that might be doing the work. Now, ...

The Van Allen Probes are a great mission, and part of that credit goes to the late Gene Heyler [who passed away in March 2013], who designed the orbits so that the satellites lap each other ...