{"id":8929,"date":"2010-02-16T08:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-16T08:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/nasas-solar-dynamics-observatory-launches-successfully\/"},"modified":"2010-02-16T08:47:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-16T08:47:00","slug":"nasas-solar-dynamics-observatory-launches-successfully","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/space-station\/nasas-solar-dynamics-observatory-launches-successfully.php","title":{"rendered":"NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory launches successfully"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scientists <\/span>are celebrating as NASA<\/span><\/a> successfully launched its high resolution Sun probe into space <\/span>today, Thursday 11 February.<\/span><\/p>

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The Solar Dynamics Observatory<\/span> will give space scientists the most detailed views ever of the Sun to help improve their understanding of the Sun’s disruptive influence on space weather and services such as telecommunications on Earth<\/span>. The UK, including scientists and engineers from the Science and Technology Facility Council’s<\/span> (STFC<\/span>’s) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory<\/span> (RAL), has provided essential expertise and technology to the mission.<\/span><\/p>

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RAL <\/span>Scientists involved in the five year mission watched as SDO <\/span>was launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral base at 15.23 (GMT).<\/span><\/p>

For the full story, please visit the STFC website<\/a>

View my blog's last three great articles....<\/span><\/p><\/span><\/div>