NASA's EZIE Mission: Exploring Earth's Link to Space | Applied Physics Laboratory

NASA's EZIE Mission: Exploring Earth's Link to Space | Applied Physics Laboratory

Developed and led for NASA by the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, EZIE is a mission to explore Earth’s electrojets—intense electric currents flowing high above Earth’s polar regions and the dayside equatorial region. EZIE will provide unprecedented measurements of these electrical currents to answer decades-old—and much debated—mysteries. Understanding these currents is key to scientists’ ability to develop capabilities for predicting hazardous space weather.

For more information, visit: https://ezie.jhuapl.edu

Credit: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: Feb. 28, 2023

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