A pair of NASA spacecraft have recorded the first 3-D images of the sun, giving scientists and space weather experts a much-improved ability to monitor and predict solar storms that can disrupt communications satellites, interfere with widely-used GPS systems, and knock out electrical power grids. The two spacecraft, NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, both orbit the sun, one positioned slightly ahead of the Earth and the other slightly behind.
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3-D Images to Illuminate Sun’s Secrets
Posted by: Chris Maxcer April 24, 2007 02:25 PMA pair of NASA spacecraft have recorded the first 3-D images of the sun, giving scientists and space weather experts a much-improved ability to monitor and predict solar storms that can disrupt communications satellites, interfere with widely-used GPS systems, and knock out electrical power grids. The two spacecraft, NASA’s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, both orbit the sun, one positioned slightly ahead of the Earth and the other slightly behind.