EZIE Stories
NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission is cleared to begin its 16-month-long science mission after team members collected “first light” measurements and completed initial checkouts to ensure the satellites are healthy and operating normally after deployment into space. The…
NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission has taken its first measurements. These “first light” observations show that EZIE is poised to reveal crucial details about Earth’s auroral electrojets — powerful electric currents that flow through our upper atmosphere where auroras glow in the sky. This…
At 3 p.m. EDT on Monday, March 24, hear from experts and ask your questions about NASA’s newly launched EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission to investigate auroral electrojets, intense electrical currents that flow through our upper atmosphere in the…
Mission controllers for NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission have received signals from the mission’s three satellites confirming that they are in good health and operating as expected. The EZIE spacecraft launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from…
At 11:43 p.m. PDT on March 14, 2025, NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. At approximately 2 a.m. PDT on March 15, the EZIE satellites were successfully deployed. Within the…