Operating Systems and System Programming

UC Berkeley leads NASA's mission to launch five identical space probes — the largest number of spacecraft ever attempted by the agency on a single rocket — to solve a decades-long mystery about the origin of magnetic storms that turn the green, shimmering curtains of the Earth's Northern and Southern Lights into colorful, dancing light shows. Electric field instrument lead John Bonnell demonstrates the THEMIS satellite antenna. (3:00 min) Contact: Roxanne Makasdjian, UCB Media Relations http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/02/18_themis.shtml