Meet ICON: NASA’s Airglow Explorer

Levels
  • intermediate
  • advanced
NGSS
  • ps1
  • ps2
  • ps4
  • ess2
Requirements
  • low_tech
  • low_cost
Big Ideas
  • big_ideas_1.2
Helio Topics
  • aurora
CreditNASA Goddard
Language
  • english

This ~2 minute video is about how NASA’s Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) Mission measures the ionosphere, which is where Earth weather meets space weather. Airglow is different from aurora -find out why!