Twin satellites, TRACERS, will launch to study how solar energy breaches Earth's magnetic shield. The mission aims to understand magnetic reconnection, a process disrupting satellites and triggering ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Tuesday was supposed to mark the launch of NASA's TRACERS satellite mission. It's the largest space project ever launched by the University of Iowa. The Tandem Reconnection and Cusp ...

After years of research and hard work, the TRACERS spacecraft, a duo satellite project, is set to launch on Wednesday from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. The project is led by University ...

IOWA CITY, Iowa — A pair of NASA spacecraft led by a University of Iowa researcher are set to launch into orbit before the end of July to study a mysterious process in space that could help scientists ...

Shown in this artist’s concent, Southwest Research Institute managed NASA’s Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission, which has entered its final ...