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

WVU researchers are leading the science operations center for the NASA TRACERS mission, which will examine ...

The mission will help better predict how energy from the sun affects life on Earth, including disruptions to satellites, power grids and astronauts.

After a one-day delay, a Falcon 9 rocket delivered NASA’s twin spacecraft Wednesday morning from Vandenberg Space Force Base, loudly announcing its ...

Once in orbit, the TRACERS satellites will study how the solar wind -- a continuous flow of electrically charged particles from the Sun -- interacts with the Earth's magnetosphere, the magnetic field ...

The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has noted that it was responsible for the scrub of a SpaceX launch at the Vandenberg Space Force Base on Tuesday.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base Wednesday morning, carrying NASA’s TRACERS mission to ...

NASA’s latest mission TRACERS targets a launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Planned moon and Mars missions require timely communications and navigation systems, which is prompting NASA officials to ...

NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off July 23 on a Falcon 9 rocket with three other small agency satellites that will act as ...

The TRACERS mission is led by David Miles, an associate professor for the Department of Physics and Astronomy. The mission consists of two satellites, that will “study the interactions between the ...