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science4 days ago•5 min saved

NASA wraps up ISS-based AWE mission mapping Earth's weather ripples into space weather

NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) on the International Space Station has completed its data-collection phase, surpassing its planned two-year mission by gathering more than 80 million nighttime infrared images of atmospheric gravity waves generated by severe weather, showing how these waves propagate upward to influence space weather and potentially disrupt satellites and communications; AWE will be replaced on the station by CLARREO Pathfinder, and all observations will be publicly available for researchers and citizen scientists.

via NASA Science (.gov)|

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science2 years ago•4 min saved

"NASA's Night-Shining Cloud Mission Yields High Science Results"

NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) mission, dedicated to studying night-shining clouds and atmospheric gravity waves, has concluded after 16 years due to a battery failure. Despite facing technical challenges, the mission yielded high science results, leading to nearly 400 peer-reviewed publications and significant discoveries about the formation and impact of these clouds. While the spacecraft will burn up upon re-entry in 2026, scientists will continue to analyze the extensive data collected by AIM for years to come.

via Science@NASA|

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