MUSE passes key milestone

On May 9 2025, NASA’s MUSE (Multi-slit Solar Explorer) mission passed its mission-level critical design review (CDR), a major milestone for the mission’s journey toward launch in 2027. More details here:...

MUSE selected!

@LockheedMartin in Palo Alto, California. Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) will explore how the Sun’s atmosphere is millions degrees hotter than its surface. It will also study solar flares and eruptions to better understand space weather. MUSE is led by Dr. Bart De...

Looking Directly into the Sun with MUSE

Don’t look directly at the sun. Unless you’re MUSE – the Multi-slit Solar Explorer – in which case, that is exactly what you should do. Designed by Lockheed Martin in our Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in Palo Alto, CA, MUSE was selected by NASA in February 2022 as...