MUSE (Multi-slit Solar Explorer)

On May 9, NASA’s MUSE (Multi-slit Solar Explorer) mission passed its mission-level critical design review (CDR), a major milestone for the mission’s journey toward launch in 2027. MUSE will capture high-resolution images and spectral data of the Sun’s hot, dynamic atmosphere — the corona — to better understand our Sun and space weather.

NASA’s Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) mission — a spacecraft that will study the Sun’s atmosphere — passed a critical mission review on Aug. 21, 2024. The review, called Key Decision Point C, evaluated the mission’s preliminary design and program plan to achieve its target launch readiness date in 2027. With the successful review, MUSE now …