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What Is Punch?

PUNCH is a NASA Small Explorer (SMEX) mission to better understand how the mass and energy of the Sun’s corona become the solar wind that fills the solar system. Four suitcase-sized satellites will work together to produce images of the entire inner solar system around the clock. Download summary poster (114 MB PDF).

Fast Facts About PUNCH and its Instruments
A New View of the Corona and Heliosphere
Science Outreach with PUNCH
Data Access and Analysis Tools