AWE
Atmospheric Waves Experiment
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![Above Earth, the International Space Station orbits. From one area toward the middle of the station, a transparent cone highlights a rainbow stripe of Earth's atmosphere.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/awe-high-res-1.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
The Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) is attached to the exterior of the Earth-orbiting International Space Station. From its space station perch, AWE focuses on colorful bands of light in Earth’s atmosphere, called airglow, to determine what combination of forces drive space weather in the upper atmosphere.
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