Smile spacecraft (artist impression)

Описание: Smile will be ESA's first mission to view the full Sun-Earth connection, filling an essential gap in our understanding of the Solar System.

Specifically, Smile will improve our understanding of space weather (https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Spac...) and solar storms. The magnetospheric bubble that surrounds Earth is invisible to our eyes, but with its UV and X-ray cameras, Smile will reveal this shield that protects us from the Sun. Its findings will help protect space-based technology and the lives of any humans in orbit around Earth, as well as infrastructure on Earth’s surface.

Find out more about Smile: https://www.esa.int/Science_Explorati...

Smile is a collaboration between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Credit: ESA

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