The Inner Magnetosphere Explorer (IMEX) was just
granted funding as part of the NASA University-Class
Explorers Program. The principal investigator is
Dr. John Wygant
of the University of Minnesota.
"NASA gives U $13 million to design craft" by Judith Yates Borger, St. Paul Pioneer Press,
September 16, 1998 - Available from the
Pioneer Press News Archives
"U gets $13 million to build magnetosphere satellite" by Jim Dawson, Minneapolis Star Tribune,
Metro/Region Section, September 16, 1998 - Available from the
Star Tribune Archives
University of Minnesota graduate
Dr. Barbara Thompson and her
SOHO co-workers
were featured on the Learning/Discovery
channel's
"Ultrascience" series on February 25, 1998.
January 1998
An article about aircraft flights to study the aurora done in conjunction with the
FAST satellite recently appeared in the
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Alaska
Science Forum.