Twin NASA satellites designed to probe and predict changes in Earth's radiation belts arrived at the Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, ready to begin several months of testing and assembly before lifting off on an Atlas 5 rocket in August. Artist's concept of the Radiation Belt Storm Probes in orbit. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL Riding inside a U.S. military cargo plane from Maryland, the twin spacecraft touched down at the spaceport's runway at 7:54 a.m. EDT (1154 GMT) Tuesday, according to George Diller, a NASA spokesperson. Built at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., the satellites will investigate what causes the donut-shaped radiation belts surrounding Earth to...
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