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The Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, mission stacked all four of its spacecraft in preparation for vibration testing. This time lapse shows one image every thirty seconds over three days of work. First, the spacecraft are assembled into mini-stacks, or placed on top of each other in sets of two. To create a full stack, engineers lift one mini-stack on top of another.
Vibration testing simulates the conditions that the MMS spacecraft will experience during launch.
MMS will study how the sun and the Earth's magnetic fields connect and disconnect, an explosive process that can accelerate particles through space to nearly the speed of light. This process is called magnetic reconnection and can occur throughout all space.
3 Days in 1 Minute: Stacking the MMS Spacecraft
Vibration testing simulates the conditions that the MMS spacecraft will experience during launch.
MMS will study how the sun and the Earth's magnetic fields connect and disconnect, an explosive process that can accelerate particles through space to nearly the speed of light. This process is called magnetic reconnection and can occur throughout all space.
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Genna Duberstein (USRA): Video Editor
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
Gary Davis (NASA): Project Support
Troy Cline (Raytheon/GSFC): Project Support
Michael McClare (HTSI): Project Support
Barbara Lambert (ASRC Research & Technology Solutions): Project Support
Jessica McCarthy (NASA/GSFC): Project Support
Genna Duberstein (USRA): Producer
Aaron E. Lepsch (ADNET Systems, Inc.): Project Support
Gary Davis (NASA): Project Support
Troy Cline (Raytheon/GSFC): Project Support
Michael McClare (HTSI): Project Support
Barbara Lambert (ASRC Research & Technology Solutions): Project Support
Jessica McCarthy (NASA/GSFC): Project Support
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Mission:
Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies
Goddard TV Tape:
G2014-038 -- 3 Days in 1 Minute: Stacking the MMS Spacecraft
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Magnetic Fields
SVS >> Magnetic Reconnection
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Engineers
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
SVS >> MMS
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections
SVS >> Engineering
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11524
Mission:
Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS)
This item is part of this series:
Narrated Movies
Goddard TV Tape:
G2014-038 -- 3 Days in 1 Minute: Stacking the MMS Spacecraft
Keywords:
SVS >> HDTV
SVS >> Magnetic Fields
SVS >> Magnetic Reconnection
SVS >> Solar Wind
SVS >> Space Weather
SVS >> Hyperwall
SVS >> Engineers
SVS >> Heliophysics
SVS >> Corona
SVS >> MMS
NASA Science >> Earth
NASA Science >> Sun
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Sun-earth Interactions >> Solar Activity >> Coronal Mass Ejections
SVS >> Engineering
GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0
