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- The Smile mission (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) will orbit about 120,000 km above the North Pole to study Earth's magnetic bubble.
- Scientists from Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) in Dorking, Surrey, will lead the project.
- The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) are collaborating on the mission.
- Funding comes from the UK Space Agency.
- Dr. Colin Forsyth, the project investigator, emphasizes direct observation.
