Feb. 18, 2015 – This wide-angle photograph shows NASA's four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, satellites in a clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida, where they are being processed for launch. On each side are the payload fairings that will encapsulate the satellites for launch. MMS is an unprecedented N
Feb. 18, 2015 – This wide-angle photograph shows NASA’s four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, satellites in a clean room at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida, where they are being processed for launch. On each side are the payload fairings that will encapsulate the satellites for launch. MMS is an unprecedented NASA mission to study magnetic reconnection, a fundamental process that occurs throughout the universe.
Photo credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky