Twin satellites, TRACERS, will launch to study how solar energy breaches Earth's magnetic shield. The mission aims to understand magnetic reconnection, a process disrupting satellites and triggering ...

After years of research and hard work, the TRACERS spacecraft, a duo satellite project, is set to launch on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The project is led by University ...

The University of Iowa's TRACERS mission successfully launched, studying the interaction between Earth's magnetic field and solar wind. The twin satellites will observe magnetic reconnection, which ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Tuesday was supposed to mark the launch of NASA's TRACERS satellite mission. It's the largest space project ever launched by the University of Iowa. The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp ...

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, a collaborative effort led by the University of Iowa (UI) with substantial contributions from Southwest ...

Shown in this artist’s concent, Southwest Research Institute managed NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, which has entered its final ...

The dual satellites will collect data on magnetic reconnection. A watch party for the launch has been rescheduled to Wednesday.