Sun-2-Stars (S2S): Unified Understanding of Our Space Environs from the Sun’s Poles through the 3D Solar Wind and Out Toward the Stars
Whitepaper #359 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: space weather applications; basic research. Additional topics: other space weather; solar physics; space-based missions/projects; user-need-driven basic space weather […]
by Nathan A. Schwadron, John P. Carrico, Jr., John P. Carrico, III, Craig E. DeForest, Herbert O. Funsten, Hafijul Islam, Taeho Lim, Jon A. Linker, Michel Loucks, David J. McComas, Mathew J. Owens, Fatemeh Rahmanifard, Jamie S. Rankin, Daniel B. Seaton, Ruth M. Skoug, Jamey R. Szalay, Barbara J. Thompson, Choong Min Um, and Nicholeen M. Viall
Published onJul 31, 2023
Sun-2-Stars (S2S): Unified Understanding of Our Space Environs from the Sun’s Poles through the 3D Solar Wind and Out Toward the Stars
The Sun-2-Stars (S2S) mission uses the first nearly circular-polar orbit (~5 au, 65° inc), enabling a suite of in situ observations and remote imaging to explore the linked system from the polar-3D Sun through the heliosphere and into the interstellar medium. S2S is the next step in Heliophysics, unifying our 3-D view of solar interactions from the Sun out to the galactic environment.
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