New Hampshire Space Grant Director Researches Solar Wind Sensors in New Grant

DURHAM — The University of New Hampshire announced it has been awarded $24.3 million by NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to build sensors for an alert system that will monitor the effects of space weather and the solar wind — caused by explosions on the sun — for potential interruptions to key technology like satellite communications, electric power grids and GPS systems.