NASA changed the mission's name to study the radiation belt

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the mission of Van Allen, in an effort to study the earth's radiation belts.

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A spacecraft studying the Van Allen belt - (Photo: NASA)

Deployed in the mission to study the terrible radiation environment around the earth, the NASA spacecraft was officially renamed according to a press release by the US aerospace agency at the end of the week.

According to Space.com, Van Allen Probes (Van Allen probe ship) used to replace Radiation Belt Storm Probes (Radiation Belt Exploration Ship) announced in August.

James Van Allen is the head of the Department of Physics at the University of Iowa when he discovered two rings filled with high-charged particles around the globe in 1958.

The inner perimeter usually extends from the top of the earth's atmosphere to an altitude of 6,437km, while the outer rim from 12,874 to 41,842km.

Van Allen belts are affected by solar storms and physical eruptions in coronary rings, and sometimes they swell to the extent that could jeopardize telecommunications communications, GPS satellites and astronaut flights.

Meanwhile, the behavior of the Van Allen belt is very mysterious, unpredictable, and it is the mission of the two spacecraft deployed on a mission worth $ 686 million, which lasts for two years.