<p>Mission Highlight: SMILE The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are targeting tonight, Monday, May 18, at 11:52 p.m. EST for the launch of the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The mission was originally set to fly<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/whats-launching-this-week/smile-to-give-earths-magnetosphere-its-first-x-ray/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"SMILE to give Earth’s magnetosphere its first X-ray"</span></a></p>
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Mission Highlight: SMILE The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are targeting tonight, Monday, May 18, at 11:52 p.m. EST for the launch of the Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer (SMILE) on a Vega-C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The mission was originally set to flyContinue reading “SMILE to give Earth’s magnetosphere its first X-ray”
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