Solar Physics

Flight Project Information

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Spacecraft Name	Sponsorship	Purpose
Hinotori	Japan (ISAS)	To study solar flares during solar maximum
Koronas-I	Russia	To map the sun and study the Earth's ionosphere/magnetosphere
RHESSI	NASA	To study the physics of particle acceleration and energy release in solar flares
Skylab	NASA	To conduct miscellaneous science studies
SOHO	NASA/ESA	ISTP mission to study the sun and solar wind
Solar Maximum Mission	NASA	To study the sun
Spacelab 1	NASA/ESA	To conduct miscellaneous science studies
Spartan 201	NASA	To study the sun
TRACE	NASA	To study the upper solar atmosphere
Yohkoh	ISAS/NASA	To study the sun

If you don't see a mission listed here, you may wish to query the NSSDC Master Catalog by typing in a name in the space below.

Curator:
Ed Bell, ed.bell@gsfc.nasa.gov, +1-301-286-1187
Code 633, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA