2013-05-18T14:19:01Z http://www.atheistnexus.org/video/video/listTagged?tag=belts&rss=yes&xn_auth=no tag:www.atheistnexus.org,2012-08-31:2182797:Video:2041568 2012-08-31T01:54:09.323Z Donegal http://www.atheistnexus.org/profile/Donegal

<a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/video/sciencecasts-the-radiation-belt-storm-probes"><br /> <img alt="Thumbnail" height="180" src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/nOrbut2V5yoVEWUqlmuARxnTvpH4FXYBEdx5OYooadZ-kUiXWDNdMqPcVJBJjfne6mSBBj6nbn1HGS1kXOYXZRpBZB8BbOKv/464108430.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240"></img><br /> </a> <br></br>Most spacecraft try to avoid the Van Allen Belts, two doughnut-shaped regions around Earth filled with "killer electrons." This morning NASA launched two heavily-shielded spacecraft directly into the belts. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes are on a two-year mission to study the Van Allen Belts and to unravel the mystery of their…

<a href="http://www.atheistnexus.org/video/sciencecasts-the-radiation-belt-storm-probes"><br /> <img src="http://api.ning.com:80/files/nOrbut2V5yoVEWUqlmuARxnTvpH4FXYBEdx5OYooadZ-kUiXWDNdMqPcVJBJjfne6mSBBj6nbn1HGS1kXOYXZRpBZB8BbOKv/464108430.jpeg?width=240&amp;height=180" width="240" height="180" alt="Thumbnail" /><br /> </a><br />Most spacecraft try to avoid the Van Allen Belts, two doughnut-shaped regions around Earth filled with "killer electrons." This morning NASA launched two heavily-shielded spacecraft directly into the belts. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes are on a two-year mission to study the Van Allen Belts and to unravel the mystery of their unpredictability.