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BASICS .. COSMIC RAYS .. SUN .. SPACE WEATHER

The History of Cosmic Ray Studies

2000 - 2009


2001
Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) was launched to measure the temperature of the cosmic microwave background radiation over the full sky with unprecedented accuracy.

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2001
Genesis spacecraft was launched on a mission to collect solar wind samples.

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2001
Launch of the Thermosphere, Ionosphere, Mesosphere Energetics cna Dynamics (TIMED) mission to study the influence of the Sun and humans on the thermosphere/ionosphere and mesosphere.

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2002
Launch of the Reuven Ramaty High-Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft to study solar flares

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2002
A massive NASA balloon launched from Lynn Lake, Manitoba carrying a solar and heliospheric experiment called Low Energy Electrons (LEE) and establishing a new record for balloon volume: 60 million cubic feet.


2003
The SOlar Radiation and CLimate Experiment (SORCE) was launched to measure solar irradiance and the solar spectrum.

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BASICS .. COSMIC RAYS .. SUN .. SPACE WEATHER

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Doradus ACE
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