NASA selects 2 new solar missions to understand Earth-Sun environment

NASA selects 2 new solar missions to understand Earth-Sun environment

• By Staff Writer

NASA on Friday announced two new solar missions to understand Sun's dynamics and the Earth-Sun connection. Named as Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm, they will offer key information to help protect astronauts, communication signals, and satellites. While MUSE will study the heating of the Sun's corona, HelioSwarm is a constellation of nine spacecraft which will study solar wind turbulence.