A new mission of NASAcomes to give answers for the space This time about our solar system.
With this NASA mission, it will be able to study how the sun affects our planetary environment so that there is more protection for both the Earth and for future manned missions in space.
The sun is a huge “bubble” created by the solar wind, that is, the continuous stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. It acts as a shield around our solar system, protecting the planets from dangerous cosmic rays.
Along with the Earth’s magnetic field, the sunny is a decisive factor in the existence of life on our planet.
Fascinating: A conceptual animation depicting the heliosphere – the immense bubble created by the Sun’s magnetic field that surrounds all the planets
(Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab) pic.twitter.com/Q9pvuPzDu9
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IMAP Shipment
NASA launched the IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission with the aim of studying how the solar wind is formed, its interaction with the interstellar period within the sunny, and the mechanism with which our sunshine protects against the most energy -efficient cosmic.
IMAP has 10 scientific instruments that will allow much more accurate measurements and mapping than previous missions.
Deployment of @NASA’s IMAP confirmed pic.twitter.com/VPz7giW2N0
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From the voyager to today
The existence of the sun was documented in the 1960s with Mariner 2, while Pioneer and Voyager’s missions of the 1970s offered the first direct measurements. Voyager 1 and 2 are to date the only boats that have crossed the sunny limit in 2012 and 2018 respectively.
The IBEX satellite program maps the limits of the sunflower since 2008. IMAP is expected to provide a picture of up to 30 times more detailed.
More photos from this morning’s Falcon 9 launch of IMAP pic.twitter.com/ML1fXi7QF9
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New missions for ‘space weather’
IMAP was launched along with two more missions:
- Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, which will study the Earth’s extracurricular and the effects of space weather.
- SWFO-L1 (NOAA), which will serve as a solar storm detector, giving timely warnings of sun bursts that can affect electricity networks, communications, satellites and astronauts’ safety.
According to NASA, the data of these missions is vital to keeping infrastructure and technologies on Earth safely, CNN said.
New measurements will allow scientists to better understand how the sun affects our planetary environment and improve space forecasts. This means greater protection for both the land and for future manned missions in space.