MMS Spacecraft (IMAGE)

Southwest Research Institute

MMS Spacecraft

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In preparation for launch, four stacked observatories are loaded into the fairing of the Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft launch vehicle. Southwest Research Institute leads the science investigation for MMS, a NASA mission to study magnetic reconnection up close for the first time.

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NASA/Ben Smegelsky

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