AWE
NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) was a completed heliophysics mission that studied atmospheric gravity waves through infrared airglow observations from the International Space Station.
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- Atmospheric Waves ExperimentAWE Mission
- Name
- AWE
- Status
- completed
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- Description
- NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) was a completed heliophysics mission that studied atmospheric gravity waves through infrared airglow observations from the International Space Station.
- Destination
- International Space Station low Earth orbit at approximately 400 km altitude (51.6° inclination)
- End Date
- 2026-05-21
- Outcome
- Ground controllers powered down the instrument on May 21, 2026, ending data collection after AWE surpassed its planned two-year mission. It captured more than 80 million nighttime infrared images, documenting atmospheric gravity waves and their influence on the upper atmosphere; NASA said the observations will remain available for research.
- Programs
- Start Date
- 2023-11-09
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Links
- Official Url
- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/awe/
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 18:48:27 UTC
- Updated Time
- October 4, 2026 at 09:01:03 UTC
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