Van Allen Probes
Exploring Earth's Radiation Belts and the Extremes of Space Weather
Mission Elapsed Time:
7 Years, 1 Month, 18 Days, 8 Hours, 29 Minutes, 0 Seconds
Launch: August 30, 2012
End of Operations: October 18, 2019
Selected Science Highlights
The Van Allen Probes, the second mission of NASA's Living With a Star program, are providing unprecedented insight into the physical dynamics of the radiation belts and are providing scientists the data they need to make predictions of changes in this critical region of space.
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