2 spacecraft off to study solar flares
From Times Wire Reports
Twin spacecraft blasted off on a mission to study huge eruptions from the sun that can damage satellites, disrupt electrical and communications systems on Earth, and endanger spacewalking astronauts.
The two NASA spacecraft, known as STEREO, for Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, lifted off Wednesday from Cape Canaveral in Florida, aboard a Delta II rocket. Scientists hope the $550-million, two-year mission will help them understand why these solar flares occur, how they form and what path they take.
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