Sun vs. Mission to Mars
Spacecraft (green trajectory) on their way from the Earth (blue orbit) to Mars (red orbit) risk being hit by energetic events from the Sun, such as X-rays, energetic protons (blue streaks), and material from Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) (red blobs). The spiral lines from the Sun represent the magnetic field lines 'frozen' into the solar wind.
Movie of spacecraft on an Earth-to-Mars trajectory.
Credits
Please give credit for this item to:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
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Animators
- Tom Bridgman (Global Science and Technology, Inc.)
- Greg Shirah (NASA/GSFC)
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Scientist
- Dan Spicer (NASA/GSFC)
Release date
This page was originally published on Monday, June 28, 2004.
This page was last updated on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM EDT.