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In The Loop: Now Available - RBSP Wallpapers
Enhance your desktop with four new wallpapers featuring the RBSP spacecraft, in both full screen and wide screen formats.
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NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes Ready for Space Environment Tests
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), twin spacecraft being built and tested at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., are about to enter a challenging series of...
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In The Loop: RBSP Passes Acoustic Testing
The Radiation Belt Storm Probe satellites recently underwent successful acoustic testing at the center of a tower of special loudspeakers.
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In The Loop: Smooth Swinging: Solar Panel Deployment Testing Success
NASA's twin RBSP satellites will depend on their solar panels for power during their two-year orbit of Earth; recent tests made sure they would deploy correctly.
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In The Loop: The Mysteries of the Radiation Belts: NASA Helps Researchers See...
Filled with electrons and energetic charged particles, Earth's Van Allen radiation belts swell and shrink in response to incoming solar energy, but no one is quite sure how.
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It's All in the Swing: RBSP Undergoes Magnetic Swing Test
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), twin spacecraft being built and tested at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., are about to enter a challenging series of...
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In The Loop: RBSP Enters Thermal Vacuum Testing
On Feb. 21, NASA's twin RBSP satellites were carefully raised and sealed into two identical thermal vacuum testing chambers.
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In The Loop: Loading RBSP Into Thermal Vacuum Testing
This one-minute video, taken on Feb. 21, is a compressed version of the loading of NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe satellites into two identical thermal vacuum testing chambers.
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Time Traveling: Simulation Creates '10 Days in the Life' of RBSP, circa 2013
With the integration and testing of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes complete, and the twin spacecraft sealed within thermal vacuum testing chambers for six weeks of rigorous space environment...
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RBSP Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes have completed their thermal vacuum testing today, Tuesday April 3, one day earlier than planned. Thermal vacuum testing, which includes the cycling of temperatures...
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April 25, 2012: New launch date for RBSP
As NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe spacecraft prepare to leave APL for the Kennedy Space Center, a new launch date of Thursday, August 23, 2012 has been announced.
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April 16, 2012: New NASA videos explain "Mysteries of the Sun"
NASA has just released five new videos that look at the Sun's influence throughout the solar system and its connection to the Earth and the Earth's extended space environment-key areas of exploration...
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April 26, 2012: Getting Ready For Kennedy
NASA's twin RBSP spacecraft are getting ready for the voyage from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory to the Kennedy Space Center, scheduled for May 1.
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NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes Arrive at Kennedy Space Center
The twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) safely arrived at 7:54 a.m. EDT on May 1 at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., where they are scheduled for an August 23 launch to begin their mission to study...
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In the Loop: RBSP makes its Florida debut
NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes have been removed from the protective containers that carried them safely to the Kennedy Space Center.
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In the Loop: After the Trip from Maryland to Florida, RBSP Integration and...
The voyage of NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes from APL to the Kennedy Space Center can be retraced in a new photo gallery.
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In the Loop: Shake, shock, and bake - RBSP's integration and testing 2012
A new compilation video highlights some of the lengthy and rigorous testing that NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probe spacecraft underwent at APL prior to shipping to the Kennedy Space Center on May...
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In the Loop: RBSP on NPR
On Monday, June 25, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" program broadcast a feature story about the Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission.
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In the Loop: Announcing the RBSP Launch NASA Social at NASA's Kennedy Space...
NASA will host a two-day event for 50 social media followers on August 22-23, 2012, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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In the Loop: Happy Fourth of July from the RBSP Team
With less than 50 days until scheduled launch on August 23, 2012, the RBSP team is hard at work preparing the spacecraft - but they did take a few minutes to pose for a holiday photo.
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In the Loop: Looking Back at Telstar, Looking Ahead to RBSP
The 50th anniversary of the launch of the Telstar I satellite - which was eventually damaged by radiation from the Van Allen belts - will be celebrated with a series of speakers including Louis...
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As Launch Draws Closer, RBSP Achieves Milestones and Announces Events
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission continues to make steady progress toward its scheduled launch date of Thursday, Aug. 23, 2012.
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New Time-lapse Videos Track Solar Array Deployment Tests
In three new time-compressed videos (note: no sound), the July 5 deployments of one of RBSP spacecraft A's solar arrays, and the attached Electric and Magnetic Field Instrument Suite and Integrated...
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In the Loop: "The Electric Atmosphere: Plasma Is Next NASA Science Target"
Two giant donuts of plasma surround Earth, trapped within a region known as the Van Allen Radiation Belts. RBSP will improve our understanding of what makes plasma move in and out of these electrified...
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In the Loop: New Questions, New Answers from the RBSP Team
We've just added more than 40 new interviews to our "Conversations With the Team" interactive Q&A page.
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In the Loop: New RBSP Fact Sheet Now Available
Get the latest information on NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission with the new RBSP Fact Sheet, available here.
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In the Loop: Pennsylvania Students Take a 'Virtual Field Trip' to the RBSP...
When RBSP technician Alan Busbey, working in Florida, was asked to speak to his son's fifth-grade class - located 900 miles away - about his work this May, he had to get creative.
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In the Loop: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Visits RBSP
On Thursday, Aug. 2, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Kennedy Space Center Director Robert Cabana met with the Radiation Belt Storm Probes team and visited the stacked spacecraft.
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In the Loop: RBSP Encapsulation
On Monday, August 6, the RBSP stacked spacecraft were encapsulated with the fairing in which they will ride atop the ULA Atlas V 401 launch vehicle.
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NASA RBSP News Conference: 2 pm EDT - Watch Live on NASA TV
NASA will hold a news conference at 2 pm EDT, Thursday, Aug. 9 to discuss the upcoming launch of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), a mission to study Earth's radiation belts. The event will be...
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NASA's RBSP Mission Ready to Brave Earth's Radiation Belts
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission will send two spacecraft into the harsh environment of our planet's radiation belts. Final preparations have begun for launch on Thursday, Aug. 23,...
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NASA's RBSP Press Kit Now Available
The official RBSP Press Kit is now available for download.
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New RBSP Launch Date: Friday, Aug. 24
The launch of RBSP aboard an Atlas V rocket has been rescheduled for 4:07 a.m. EDT on Friday, Aug. 24, to allow for an assessment of the launch vehicle rocket. More details will be provided as they...
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Booster Engine Actuator Testing Complete; Launch Readiness Review Today
For the upcoming launch of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes, testing of the Atlas V RD180 booster engine actuator was completed last night at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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RBSP Moves to Launch Pad, and Weather Outlook Improves
The rollout of the Atlas V rocket with NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes spacecraft began on schedule at 8 a.m. EDT, reaching the pad at Space Launch Complex-41 at 8:35 a.m. The launch weather...
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In the Loop: "What are the Radiation Belts?" - New Movie Explains Mysterious...
Giving scientists the data they need to understand how the radiation belts change and operate is RBSP's primary science goal. But just what are the radiation belts? Check out this new video that...
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In the Loop: Picture Perfect - RBSP and Florida Storm Clouds
One of the most powerful photos of RBSP prior to launch is this stunning image of the spacecraft and their Atlas V launch vehicle as a storm approaches, taken after the first roll out on Aug. 22, 2012...
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In the Loop: "Building the RBSP Spacecraft" - New Movie Chronicles Design and...
NASA needed two tough spacecraft equipped with the best instrumentation ever flown into the hazardous radiation belts. Building those RBSP spacecraft with enough protection and flexibility to survive...
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In the Loop: RBSP Educator Workshop Draws 31 Teachers From 21 States
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory hosted a workshop earlier this month that drew teachers and educators from almost half the states to learn about the mission first-hand from the engineers...
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NASA Successfully Launches Radiation Belt Storm Probes
NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP), the first twin-spacecraft mission designed to explore our planet's radiation belts, launched into the predawn skies at 4:05 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral Air...
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Two New Videos of RBSP Launch and Post-Launch Press Conference
Two NASA TV videos feature the launch and deployment of the RBSP spacecraft, and a post-launch press conference covering the successful launch and initial operations of the twin probes.
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Marking The 98th Anniversary Of James Van Allen's Birth
On this day in 1914, James A. Van Allen was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. To learn about the life and legacy of the man who led the team that discovered Earth's radiation belts, visit the University of...
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The Sounds of Space: New "Chorus" Recording By RBSP's EMFISIS Instrument
Researchers from the EMFISIS team at the University of Iowa have released a new recording of an intriguing and well-known phenomenon known as "chorus," made on Sept. 5, 2012.
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In the Loop: "It couldn't have been scripted any better": New RBSP Instrument...
Just under two days after the 4:05 a.m. EDT launch of RBSP, an instrument from the Energetic Particle, Composition, and Thermal Plasma Suite (ECT) began returning "highly understandable, full science...
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Up And Running: Just Hours After Launch, RBSP Takes First Science Steps
RBSP has begun its 60-day commissioning phase of operations, where all of the spacecrafts' systems and instruments are activated, monitored, and made ready for the two-year primary science mission.
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In The Loop: News from NASA Science as RBSP Records "Earthsong"
RBSP has provided researchers with the clearest recording ever made of an electromagnetic phenomenon known as "chorus," which is "thought to be one of the most important waves for energizing the...
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RBSP Completes Commissioning Phase
On Oct. 28, NASA's twin Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) completed their 60-day commissioning phase, and began their two-year primary science mission to explore our planet's radiation belts, named...
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NASA Ceremony to Rename Twin Radiation Belt Spacecraft
A ceremony to announce the renaming of NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) will take place Nov. 9 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 pm EST, at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in...
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NASA Renames Mission to Honor James Van Allen, Pioneering Physicist and APL...
NASA has officially renamed the recently launched mission to study Earth's radiation belts the Van Allen Probes, in honor of the late James Van Allen.
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