After eight years of preparation, a University of Iowa-led NASA mission is poised to launch Wednesday, July 23, from ...

San Antonio-based Southwest Research Institute is managing the $115 million mission examining the effects of solar winds.

TRACERS launch paves the way for NASA to study magnetic reconnection and how solar activity affects near-Earth space.

NASA’s newest mission, TRACERS, soon will begin studying how Earth’s magnetic shield protects our planet from the effects of ...