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NASA’s MMS Breaks Guinness World Record

NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Sets new Guinness World Record

Staff Reporter   | Nov 07, 2016 02:10 PM EST

Just over a month after NASA achieved the closest flying separation ever of any multispacecraft formation, NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) now holds the Guinness World Record for the highest altitude fix of a GPS signal as the team of four satellites set the new record of 43,500 miles above the surface of the Earth.

The four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or MMS, spacecraft (shown here in an artist's concept) have now made more than 4,000 trips through the boundaries of Earth's magnetic field, gathering observations of our dynamic space environment.

For the First Time, NASA Satellites Observe Magnetic Explosions in Space Weather

Ana Verayo   | May 15, 2016 08:49 AM EDT

NASA satellites detected magnetic explosions in space for the first time when magnetic fields from all over cross and clash with each other.

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