+ Visit NASA.gov + Advanced Search   + About the Server   + Animation List   + How to Use the Server   + RSS Feeds Previous Animation Next Animation THEMIS Launch and Deployment THEMIS (Time History of Events and Microscale Interactions durind Substorms) answers fundamental outstanding questions regarding the magnetospheric substorm instability, a dominant mechanism of transport and explosive release of solar wind energy within Geospace. THEMIS will elucidate which magnetotail process is responsible for substorm onset at the region where substorm auroras map (~10Re): (i) a local disruption of the plasma sheet current or (ii) that current's interaction with the rapid influx of plasma emanating from lobe flux annihilation at ~25Re. Correlative observations from long-baseline (2-25 Re) probe conjunctions, will delineate the causal relationship and macroscale interaction between the substorm components. THEMIS's five identical probes measure particles and fields on orbits which optimize tail-aligned conjunctions over North America.    Themis launch and deployment movie frames in HD. Duration: 2.3 minutes Available formats:   1280x720   Frames   320x180     JPEG         39 KB   320x240 (29.97 fps) QUICKTIME 46 MB   352x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   21 MB   640x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   47 MB   352x176 (29.97 fps) MPEG-4   16 MB   352x240 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   41 MB   720x480 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   57 MB   720x360 (29.97 fps) MPEG-4   24 MB How to play our movies    The THEMIS launch and deploy music video. Duration: 2.1 minutes Available formats:   640x360 (29.97 fps) MPEG-1   39 MB   960x540 (30.12 fps) MPEG-4   52 MB   640x360 (30.12 fps) MPEG-4   25 MB   320x180     PNG           101 KB How to play our movies    Themis aboard Delta II on pad Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 37 KB    Delta II liftoff Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 31 KB    Themis launching aboard Delta II Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 39 KB   160 x 80           PNG 22 KB   80 x 40             PNG   7 KB    Ferring sepreation after stage 2 ignition. Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 23 KB    Stage 2 cutoff Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 35 KB    Stage 3 burn Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 28 KB    All 5 Themis spacecraft just before release. Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         JPEG 45 KB    release from carrier. Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         PNG 106 KB    Themis spacecraft firing thrusters to change orbit. Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         PNG 45 KB    Themis spcecraft. Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         PNG 56 KB    Themis booms deploying Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         PNG 72 KB    Themis spacecraft fully deployed. Available formats:   1280 x 720       TIFF 3 MB   320 x 180         PNG 53 KB Animation Number: 10103 Animator: Walt Feimer (Lead) Studio: NASA Completed: 2007-01-11 Scientists: David G. Sibeck (NASA/GSFC)   Vassilis Angelopoulos (University of California, Berkeley) Instrument: THEMIS Series: THEMIS Pre-launch Keywords: SVS >> Aurora SVS >> HDTV SVS >> Magnetic Reconnection SVS >> Solar Wind SVS >> THEMIS     Please give credit for this item to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Conceptual Image Lab Back to Top + Privacy Policy and Important Notices + Reproduction Guidelines NASA Official: Content Contact: Curator: