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MAJOR MANNED SPACE MISSIONS IN THIS DECADE
- India Enters the Realm of Crewed Spaceflight (2021-2022)
- In 2024, Musk wants SpaceX to send a crewed spacecraft to Mars
CONCLUSION
- Between 2020-2030 there will be a lot of manned missions in Space
- However there is one major concern about it – Giant Solar Particle Storms
OBJECTIVES
- It will also help provide information that other solar probes- Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, and the ground-based Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope couldn’t get.
SOLAR PARTICLE STORMS
- Solar particle storms occur when large streams of protons are ejected from the surface of the sun, which have enough energy to penetrate the Earth’s magnetosphere.
- In severe cases, these solar particle storms can cause geomagnetic storms on Earth and cause electrical grids to malfunction as well as disrupt some electronic devices.
- And they’re not just hazards on Earth. Solar radiation storms can also disrupt space stations and spacecraft.
SOLAR STORM OF 2012
- The solar storm of 2012 was an unusually large and strong coronal mass ejection (CME) event that occurred on July 23 that year.
- It missed the Earth with a margin of approximately nine days, as the equator of the Sun rotates around its own axis with a period of about 25 days
POINTS TO NOTE
- Solar storms are a reality and we have to accept it while exploring space Best thing we can do is – develop mechanisms that help us understand when these solar storms come – so that we can protect our astronuats
POINTS TO NOTE
- The mission before SunRISE under the Mission of Opportunity is the Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE). It will launch in 2022 and be placed on the International Space Station.