Wednesday, October 25, 2006

NASA to launch 3-D mission to study sun

NASA to launch 3-D mission to study sun

by Veronica Smith

WASHINGTON (AFP) -NASA plans to launch a 3-D mission to study the sun, using twin satellites in mirror orbits to trace the fiery star's streams of energy and matter to Earth.

"We are at the dawning of a new age of solar observations," Russ Howard of the Naval Research Laboratory said at a NASA news conference.

The two-year Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission will be the first to view the sun from two separate vantage points outside Earth's orbit.

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