The Solar Mesosphere Explorer (also known as Explorer 64) was a 1980s NASA spacecraft to investigate the processes that create and destroy ozone in Earth's...

as poleward extensions of these clouds. A later satellite, the Solar Mesosphere Explorer, mapped the distribution of the clouds between 1981 and 1986 with...

The mesosphere (/ˈmɛsəsfɪər, ˈmɛz-, ˈmiːsə-, -zə-/; from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) 'middle' and -sphere) is the third layer of the atmosphere, directly...

The Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM or Explorer 90) was a NASA satellite launched in 2007 to conduct a planned 26-month study of noctilucent clouds...

under Eclipse, an environment in the SIGNAL programming language Solar Mesosphere Explorer, an Earth observation satellite Standard-Model Extension, in quantum...

Student Nitric Oxide Explorer (SNOE ("snowy"), also known as Explorer 72, STEDI-1 and UNEX-1), was a NASA small scientific satellite which studied the...

part of the Explorer program. The AMPTE (Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers) mission was designed to study the access of solar wind ions to...

Explorer 1 was the first spacecraft of the United States to achieve orbit. Over 90 space missions have been launched since. Starting with Explorer 6...

University of Colorado, Boulder. He has been involved with the Viking, Solar Mesosphere Explorer, Clementine, Mars Observer, Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Odyssey...

of the Sun and humans have on the least explored and understood region of Earth's atmosphere – the Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere / Ionosphere (MLTI)...

the safety and productivity of human and robotic explorers. The TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) is an orbiter mission...

that includes the thermosphere and parts of the mesosphere and exosphere. The ionosphere is ionized by solar radiation. It plays an important role in atmospheric...

SME – (spacecraft) Solar Mesosphere Explorer, a spacecraft used to study the Earth's ozone layer SMEX – (spacecraft) SMall EXplorers, the name of a series...

characteristic S-shaped pattern of clouds. Above there is an intermediate layer of mesosphere which separates the troposphere from the thermosphere. The thermosphere...

averages of solar wind speed correlated with geomagnetic activity. Her work resulted from data collected by the Explorer 33 spacecraft. The solar wind and...

Scatterometer Mission (QuikSCAT) TIMED (Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics) Solar EUV Experiment (SEE) MESSENGER (Mercury: Surface, Space...

magnetosphere guides cosmic ray and solar energetic particles to polar latitudes, while high-energy charged particles enter the mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere...

(WIRE), launched March 1999, failed Solar Terrestrial Probes program Hinode (Solar-B) Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) Two...

000 lbf (680 kN) for the Block I. 13. 2 October 1962 – Explorer 14 (EPE-B). 14. 27 October 1962 – Explorer 15 (EPE-C). The Delta B introduced the upgraded AJ10-118D...

shortwave to infrared opacity. Mesosphere: A detached haze layer is found at about 450–500 km (280-310 mi), within the mesosphere. The temperature at this layer...

atmosphere above the troposphere, is usually divided into the stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere. Each layer has a different lapse rate, defining the...

aerospace records keeping. Certain portions of the upper stratosphere and the mesosphere are sometimes referred to as "near space". The framework for international...

properties SPAV (Solar occultation photometry): SPAV will measure the vertical distribution of aerosols and haze in Venus’s mesosphere. Narrow band oxygen...

Observatory (OCO) and of OCO-2. Solar occultation for ice experiment (SOFIE) on board the Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite was designed...

Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics, or TIMED, mission explores Earth's mesosphere and lower thermosphere (40–50 miles up), the least explored and...

(810 mi) 6 October 11:27 Delta 2310 Vandenberg SLC-2W NASA Solar Mesosphere Explorer (Explorer 64) NASA Sun-synchronous Atmospheric research 5 March 1991...

the Solar System, as well as the changing conditions in space. It is primarily concerned with the magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, mesosphere, and...

Ranger Rosetta Seasat Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Solar Mesosphere Explorer (SME) Spaceborne Imaging Radar (SIR) Spitzer Space Telescope Stardust...

aerodynamics in order to achieve flight. This range includes the stratosphere, mesosphere and lower thermosphere layers of the Earth's atmosphere. Larger ranges...

miles (80 km) above mean sea level, approximately the line between the mesosphere and the thermosphere. NASA formerly used the FAI's 100-kilometre (62-mile)...