Rocket Experiment for Neutral Upwelling 2

NASA Mission 52.002

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Principal Investigator:

Dr. Marc Lessard, UNH

Co-Investigators:

Dr. James Clemmons, Aerospace
Dr. James Hecht, Aerospace
Dr. Dave Hysell, Cornell University
Dr. Kristina Lynch, Dartmouth College
Dr. Geoff Crowley, ASTRA

Collaborators:

Dr. Antonius Otto, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
Dr. Kjellmar Oksavik, University of Bergen
Dr. Jøran Moen, University of Oslo
Dr. Fred Sigernes, UNIS & KHO
Dr. Tim Yeoman, University of Leicester

Mission Overview

RENU 2 will be launched in December 2015 from the Andøya Rocket Range and will transit the magnetospheric cusp region during a neutral upwelling event. The Black Brant XII-A rocket is equipped with a suite of instruments that will build on previous observations of neutral upwelling in the thermosphere. The mission will acquire new types of data to provide a fresh perspective on this problem. Successful data acquisition will provide fundamental information, essential for the advancement of our understanding of upwelling in the cusp region.

Upwelling in the cusp

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Flight Data & Results (RENU 2 team only)