Science: A goalie's guide to the galaxy Next month sees the launch of a new space mission to explore the mysterious force field protecting us from solar winds. But what has football got to do with it? The Independent - London | June 30, 2000| | Copyright 2000 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

The countdown has begun to launch four spacecraft that will fly in formation through the invisible protective barrier that shields the Earth from the harsh solar wind. The Cluster-2 mission aims to shed light on the planet's mysterious magnetosphere, a force field that prevents the loss of our atmosphere and evaporation of our oceans into space by the constant stream of electrically-charged particles given off by the Sun.

It will be the first time that a flotilla of four spacecraft will fly in unison and operate as part of a single, co-ordinated system. They will fly in the shape of a ...

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