Discoveries as Powerful as the Sun
Heliophysics is the study of the Sun and how it influences its surrounding space and planets. As a NASA partner for over 40 years, we’ve assisted in heliophysics discoveries that protect spacecraft and astronauts as they explore space, and technologies that impact our everyday lives on Earth.
Mission Highlights
SABER/TIMED
Objective: Study the mesosphere & lower thermosphere/ionosphere regions of Earth’s atmosphere
Our role: IR instrument design, build, AI&T & calibration
SOFIE/AIM
Objective: Study night-shining, or noctilucent, clouds where Earth & space weather meet
Our role: UV-VIS-IR instrument design, build, AI&T & calibration
FUV & MIGHTI/ICON
Objective: Explore Earth’s ionosphere
Our role: CCD camera system design, build & test for the FUV Imaging Spectrograph & MIGHTI instruments; payload AI&T
AWE
Objective: Globally characterize atmospheric gravity waves at the edge of space
Our role: Mission management & operations; SWIR payload design, build & AI&T
SunRISE
Objective: Examine how the Sun releases particles into space
Our role: CubeSat design, fabrication & assembly; flight system AI&T
Carruthers Geocorona Observatory
Objective: Study Earth’s exosphere & capture light from Earth’s geocorona
Our role: FUV camera systems build & test
MUSE
Objective: Capture clear corona images & study the physics of the solar atmosphere
Our role: CCD camera system design, build & test for the EUV Spectrograph & Context Imager