Astronaut - Comets - NASA - Space - Spacecraft - UFOs
Jul. 07, 1984 - KENNEDY SPACE CENTER. Fla.- Members of tha American team of engineers conduct tests al the Charged Composition Explorer, part Of the three-spacecraft international Active Negeetospberic Particle Tracer Explorer (*ME) mission scheduled Err launch on August 9 aboard a single Delta roctet. The CCE her spectrereters and mag.teraters similar to those on tho other two AMPTE space:raft: lea United Kiegdco Subsatellite and the Vest Paean built ION Relesse RW03. With the MI and IDS about 113 of the way to the Oboe at their highest point, canisters of lithium and bail= will be released, forming an the cloud that will he Rapt along by the solar wind. With tee CCE stidying this activity fete, below, and the EA and Via studying It frm above, scicerhists expect to acquire vsluablo nIre deta on exactly ha/ tee solar wind interacts with the Earth's magnetic fields
