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Ages: 12 - 18
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At the Kennedy Space Center, program scientists preview NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission. RBSP is being designed to help us understand the Sun's influence on Earth and Near-Earth space by studying the Earth's radiation belts on vario...us scales of space and time. The mission is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on August 24, 2012. (57:44)
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August 21, 2012 at 08:57 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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A NASA spacecraft has recorded eerie-sounding radio emissions coming from our own planet. These beautiful "songs of Earth" could, ironically, be responsible for the proliferation of deadly electrons in the Van Allen Belts. (04:09)
September 27, 2012 at 06:44 PM
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Ages: 10 - 18
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Most spacecraft try to avoid the Van Allen Belts, two doughnut-shaped regions around Earth filled with "killer electrons." This morning NASA launched two heavily-shielded spacecraft directly into the belts. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes are on a tw...o-year mission to study the Van Allen Belts and to unravel the mystery of their unpredictability. (04:28)
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September 1, 2012 at 05:22 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet's radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies. The two satellites, each weighing just less than 1,500 pounds, comprise the first dual-spa...cecraft mission specifically created to investigate this hazardous regions of near-Earth space, known as the radiation belts. These two belts, named for their discoverer, James Van Allen, encircle the planet and are filled with highly charged particles. The belts are affected by solar storms and coronal mass ejections and sometimes swell dramatically. When this occurs, they can pose dangers to communications, GPS satellites and human spaceflight. (15:53)
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September 2, 2012 at 07:56 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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Dr. David Sibeck explains the instruments on the twin Van Allen Probes (formerly the Radiation Belt Storm Probe, RBSP). The Van Allen Probes will explore the Van Allen Radiation Belts in the Earth's magnetosphere. The charged particles in these regio...ns can be hazardous to both spacecraft and astronauts. (02:08)
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November 10, 2012 at 06:19 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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NASA's Van Allen Probes revealed a new radiation belt around Earth. The Van Allen Probes mission discovered a previously unknown third radiation belt around our planet. (59:43)
March 2, 2013 at 03:46 PM
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