NASA's Genesis ready to begin collecting solar wind samples
SOLAR WIND: NASA's Genesis spacecraft is expected to begin its mission to collect samples of the solar wind by early next month, according to the aerospace agency. Genesis was to begin its five-loop "halo" orbit around the L1 solar libration point between the Earth and the sun on Nov. 16. It will...
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