Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this episode of We are… researching the issues that matter, Andy Cheney talks about the SMILE mission and the research behind it.
SMILE is a joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, designed to transform our understanding of how the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic environment. The University of Leicester leads the Soft X‑ray Imager (SXI), a key instrument on board the spacecraft.
Watch the video to hear Andy explain the mission, the science behind it, and why this research matters for understanding space weather around Earth.
In this episode of We are… researching the issues that matter, Andy Cheney talks about the SMILE mission and the research behind it.
SMILE is a joint mission between the European Space Agency and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, designed to transform our understanding of how the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetic environment. The University of Leicester leads the Soft X‑ray Imager (SXI), a key instrument on board the spacecraft.
Watch the video to hear Andy explain the mission, the science behind it, and why this research matters for understanding space weather around Earth.
