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NASA sun satellites, with UNH sensors aboard, poised to launch

NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) mission, poised to launch this Wednesday evening, will dramatically improve understanding of the powerful solar eruptions that can send more than a billion tons of the sun's outer atmosphere hurtling into space. The twin STEREO spacecraft each carry an instrument designed and built by scientists at the University of New Hampshire in collaboration with several other institutions.

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