To get a global view of Earth’s magnetosphere, NASA’s Lunar Environment Heliospheric X-ray Imager (LEXI) is set for a trip to the moon. Scheduled to take off from the Kennedy Space Center in or after ...
NASA’s LEXI to study Earth’s magnetosphere with X-ray technology LEXI mission explores solar wind’s impact on Earth’s protective shield LEXI will help predict geomagnetic storms affecting satellites ...
Upon landing on the moon's surface, the instrument will power ... "We expect to see the magnetosphere breathing out and breathing in, for the first time," Hyunju Connor, an astrophysicist at ...
This innovative X-ray instrument uses nine lobster-eye micropore optical elements to monitor how solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetosphere. Positioned on the moon, LEXI will provide a ...
we are looking at scientific investigations ranging from characterizing Earth’s magnetosphere to understanding the structure, composition, and thermal properties of the Moon’s interior ...
and timing around the moon. X-ray imaging of Earth’s magnetosphere will gauge how solar wind affects its magnetic field to better inform weather predictions, GPS protection, and satellite ...