Earth's magnetosphere protects our planet from being constantly bombarded by solar wind that can disrupt satellites, GPS and other technology. To better understand the phenomenon, NASA plans to place ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 lifts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on July 23 carrying NASA’s TRACERS mission and several other smallsats. Credit: SpaceX LAS VEGAS — A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched ...

NASA's Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission will study "magnetic reconnection and its effects in Earth's atmosphere," according to the Goddard Space ...

NASA's TRACERS mission blasted off from California's Vandenberg Space Force Base on Wednesday (July 23), after a 24-hour delay caused by airspace concerns. TRACERS (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp ...

With Earth as the background, one of the NASA TRACERS satellites separates from the Falcon 9 rocket after launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base. Credit: SpaceX photo After a one-day delay, a Falcon ...

SAN DIEGO — SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from its Space Force base in California on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 as part of NASA's TRACER mission. The launch was initially planned for Tuesday, but ...

On July 23, 2025, a NASA-funded mission led by the University of Iowa saw the successful launch of its twin satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base space launch complex 4E, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 ...

A SpaceX rocket launched two satellites with Texas ties on their one-year journey to study space weather. The Falcon 9 ferrying NASA’s Tracers mission to orbit lifted off earlier this week from ...

NASA’s Tracers (Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites) mission deploys into orbit after launching on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at Space Launch Complex 4 East at ...

July 22 (UPI) --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." SpaceX officials scrubbed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The next satellites SpaceX helps to deliver to orbit from Southern California won't be its own, but rather two of NASA's.