If all goes well, NASA will finally launch its Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observatories tonight. Comprised of four identical spacecraft (shown above in a clean room), its purpose is to study the magnetic fields around Earth for information on how they connect and disconnect. The MMS is headed to areas that scientists believe are the sites where magnetic reconnection occurs, but first it has to get off the ground. The launch is scheduled for 10:44PM ET at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and all conditions are go. You can watch live on NASA TV, and a stream is embedded after the break.
Live launch coverage is also available tonight on the @NASA_MMS launch blog: http://t.co/ud3FWJA5lF #MagRecon http://ift.tt/1Byvb9q
- NASA MMS #MagRecon (@NASA_MMS) March 13, 2015
4 @NASA_MMS spacecraft fly in a pyramid pattern to capture the 3-D structure of the reconnection sites encountered http://ift.tt/1Byv8ud
- NASA MMS #MagRecon (@NASA_MMS) March 13, 2015 Filed under: Misc, Science, Alt
Source: NASA (Ustream)
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