When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. SpaceX's trailblazing Polaris Dawn mission will soon begin its daring trek into Earth orbit — and ...
James A. Van Allen, the physicist who made the first major scientific discovery of the early space age, the Earth-circling radiation belts that bear his name, and sent spacecraft instruments to ...
Earth is surrounded by a radio field caused by very low-frequency waves. This field pushes away the Van Allen Belts, a radiation swim-floaty that surrounds Earth's middle. Van Allen radiation hinders ...
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The ESRO-4 satellite being prepared for solar simulation testing in Building 24 of the ESTEC technical centre in early 1972. (Phys.org) —NASA's twin Van Allen Probes will celebrate on Saturday two ...