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Heliophysics pioneer Eugene Parker dies at 94
In 2018, Parker witnessed the launch of a solar probe NASA named after him.
NASA approves two missions to better understand space weather
NASA will take part in two heliophysics missions that could give us the data needed to better understand solar winds and explosions, or space weather as a whole.
NASA picks potential missions to better understand space weather
NASA has taken a big step towards launching new missions that would help us better understand how the sun interacts with the space environment around our planet. The agency has picked five proposals and given them $1.25 million each to conduct a nine-month mission concept study under its heliophysics program. After the study period, NASA will choose two to send to space in the coming years.
