MMS Phase 2b: Transitioning to Magnetosphere Science on the Darkside

Published on October 24, 2017

Over three months in 2017, the MMS spacecraft transitions from the dayside magnetopause, to a new, larger orbit on the nightside, as shown in this visualization.

Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Tom Bridgman, visualizer

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