ARTEMIS-THEMIS twin lunar magnetosphere research spacecraft
NASA repurposed two THEMIS probes as ARTEMIS-P1 and ARTEMIS-P2 to study the solar wind, the Moon plasma wake, and Earth-Moon interaction from libration-point and lunar orbits.
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ARTEMIS-THEMIS twin lunar magnetosphere research spacecraft
Roles
orbiterresearch
Status
active
Type
spacecraft
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Description
NASA repurposed two THEMIS probes as ARTEMIS-P1 and ARTEMIS-P2 to study the solar wind, the Moon plasma wake, and Earth-Moon interaction from libration-point and lunar orbits.