The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration plans to launch the Space Weather Follow On satellite to Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1 in 2025 on the NASA Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe. This is an artist's rendering of the spacecraft.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration awarded a $43.8 million space weather contract to L3 Harris Technologies.

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Debra Werner is a correspondent for SpaceNews based in San Francisco. Debra earned a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern University. She is a recipient...