One of these ride-along NASA efforts is the Athena EPIC (Economical Payload Integration Cost) SmallSat, which will demonstrate a new way of more efficiently placing remote-sensing (or rather, ...

The University of Iowa's NASA mission, TRACERS, successfully launched into orbit, marking a significant milestone in space ...

TRACERS are a combination of twin satellites that will observe how the trends in solar wind trigger magnetic reconnection in ...

The next satellites SpaceX helps to deliver to orbit from Vandenberg won't be its own, but rather two of NASA's on a scientific mission.

The NASA TRACERS mission is set to launch on Wednesday atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket after SpaceX postponed Tuesday's launch due to "airspace concerns." ...

Two NASA satellites rocketed into orbit from California aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket Wednesday, commencing a $170 million ...

NASA TRACERS mission is set to study how Earth's magnetic field protects us from solar storms and space weather. The mission features two satellites flying in tandem, designed to measure magnetic ...

Along with launching two NASA probes, the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carried five other satellites into orbit with goals ranging ...

Three more rocket launches could be commencing in the week ahead from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in Southern California.

NASA and SpaceX are set to launch the TRACERS mission from California later this month to study Earth’s magnetosphere. The mission will involve a Falcon 9 rocket carrying two satellites into ...

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch from Vandenberg in California on a NASA mission. Where are some spots to watch liftoff? Will there be a sonic boom?

Twin satellites to study solar activity An artist’s concept depicts NASA’s TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) twin satellites in space.