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AWE Program

NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment was an International Space Station heliophysics experiment that used infrared airglow observations to characterize atmospheric gravity waves and their transfer of energy from Earth's lower atmosphere toward space. The scheduled data-collection phase ended in 2026 after exceeding its planned two-year mission.

AWE Program
NASA / Space Dynamics Laboratory / Utah State University — AWE payload · NASA current Images and Media Usage Guidelines state that NASA content is generally not subject to U.S. copyright and may be used factually for editorial or informational purposes, subject to the stated restrictions, credit, and no implied endorsement. The official AWE mission page identifies this image as the Atmospheric Waves Experiment payload photographed at Space Dynamics Laboratory on Utah State University Innovation Campus; that source context is preserved here. This unmodified payload photograph contains no identifiable person or NASA logo and is used only for factual identification of the AWE Program, without endorsement or affiliation. · Source

Identity

Aliases
AWEAtmospheric Waves ExperimentAtmospheric Wave ExperimentAWE Mission
Domains
spaceflight
Name
AWE Program
Status
completed
Types
scienceresearchoperations

Details

Description
NASA's Atmospheric Waves Experiment was an International Space Station heliophysics experiment that used infrared airglow observations to characterize atmospheric gravity waves and their transfer of energy from Earth's lower atmosphere toward space. The scheduled data-collection phase ended in 2026 after exceeding its planned two-year mission.
End Date
2026-05-21
Leads
Participants
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Start Date
2023-11-09

Assets & Meta

Creation Time
August 13, 2026 at 18:49:24 UTC
Updated Time
August 23, 2026 at 01:43:03 UTC
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Official Urls
https://science.nasa.gov/mission/awe/https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/nasas-awe-completes-mission-to-study-earths-effect-on-space-weather/https://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/solarsystem/projects/654/
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