On Feb. 9, 2017, NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, known as MMS, began a three-month long journey into a new orbit. MMS flies in a highly elliptical orbit around Earth and the new orbit will take MMS twice as far out as it has previously flown. In the new orbit, which begins the second phase of its mission, MMS will continue to map out the fundamental characteristics of space around Earth, helping us understand this key region through which our satellites and astronauts travel. MMS will

The four spacecraft of our Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission began flying in a pyramid shape for the first time this month. These four identically instrumented spacecrafts will capture 3-D observations of a phenomenon called magnetic reconnection. Learn more: http://go.nasa.gov/1gnbg6i | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Launching four Magnetospheric Multiscale, or #MMS, spacecraft at once isn’t simple. Watch and discover how the spacecraft will launch into space! More: http://go.nasa.gov/1Avc3cg | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration