Glyn Collinson, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; The Catholic University of America; G&K Rocket Yards
Alex Glocer, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Rob Pfaff, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Aroh Barjatya, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Scott Bissett, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Kolbjørn Blix, Andøya Space
Aaron Breneman, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jim Clemmons, University of New Hampshire
Francis Eparvier, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Ted Gass, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island
Robert Michell, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
David Mitchell, Space Science Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley
Suzie Imber, University of Leicester
Ahmed Ghalib, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Hassanali Akbari, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Glen Ansted, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Lisa Baddeley, University Centre in Svalbard
Håvard Bahr, Andøya Space
Gary Bain, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Brian Bonsteel, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Henry Borgen, Andøya Space
Daniel Bowden, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Dave Bowker, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Tim Cameron, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Meredith Campbell, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Philip Cathell, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Dennis Chornay, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Robert Clayton, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Larry Conser, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Lance Davis, University of New Hampshire
Sean Donohue, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Leif Jonny Eilertsen, Andøya Space
Charles Etheridge, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Nathan Graves, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Ingemar Häggstrøm, EISCAT Headquarters
Preben Hanssen, Andøya Space
Herbert Haugh, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Espen Helgesen, The Arctic University of Norway
Jordan Henderson, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Kim Roar Herseth, Andøya Space
John Hickman, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Kent-Gøran Jensen, Andøya Space
Travis Jester, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Eric Johnson, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Hunter Johnson, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Andrew Kavanagh, British Antarctic Survey
Max King, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
David Knight, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Russell Laman, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Trevor Lankford, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Rolf Lien, Andøya Space
Mark Lester, University of Leicester
Gordon Marsh, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Steve Martin, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Norman Morris, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Long Nguyen, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Richard Nelson, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Wale Ogundere, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Karl Henning Osbakk, Andøya Space
Dave Page, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Joe Polidan, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Devon Raley, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Richard Raymond, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Ellen Robertson, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Giovanni Rosanova, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Traci Rosnack, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Belinda Serabian, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Roger Simonsen, Andøya Space
Jan Arne Søreng, Andøya Space
Jostein Sveen, Andøya Space
Diana Swanson, University of New Hampshire
Robert Swift, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Paulo Uribe, Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Henry Valentine, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UniversityFollow
Frank Waters, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Libby West, NASA Sounding Rocket Program Office, NASA Wallops Flight Facility
Tim Wilson, NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract, NASA Wallops Flight Facility

Submitting Campus

Daytona Beach

Department

Physical Sciences

Document Type

Article

Publication/Presentation Date

6-21-2022

Abstract/Description

NASA’s Endurance sounding rocket (yard No. 47.001) will launch from Ny Ålesund, Svalbard in May 2022 on a solid fueled Oriole III-A launch vehicle. Its ~19 minute flight will carry it to an altitude of ~ 780 km above Earth’s sunlit polar cap. Its objective is to make the first measurement of the weak “ambipolar” electric field generated by Earth’s ionosphere. This field is thought to play a critical role in the upwelling and escape of ionospheric ions, and thus potentially in the evolution of Earth’s atmosphere. The results will enable us to determine the importance to ion escape of this previously unmeasured fundamental property of our planet, which will aid in a better understanding of what makes Earth habitable. Endurance will carry six science instruments (with 16 sensors) that will measure the total electrical potential drop below the spacecraft, and the physical parameters required to understand the physics of what generates the ambipolar field. The mission will be supported by simultaneous observations of solar and geomagnetic activity.

Publication Title

Space Science Reviews

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00908-0

Publisher

Springer

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