Instrument installation on spacecraft is a significant milestone in NASA’s IMAP mission
After six years of extensive preparations and testing by a UNH-led team, a space instrument dubbed…
NASA and SpaceX now are targeting no earlier than September 2025 for the launch of the agency’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft. The new date provides additional A measure of the flow of events. for IMAP flight systems preparations prior to launch.
The IMAP mission will study the The bubble-like region surrounding the solar system inflated by the solar wind, shielding the solar system from interstellar radiation., the Sun's magnetic bubble that shields our…
Scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard are poised to deliver a new instrument, the High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT), which is a solar…
Another of the instruments planned for flight aboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is ready for installation on the spacecraft.
IMAP-Ultra is one of 10…
An instrument built by Imperial College London physicists is on its way to be fitted onto NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)…
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) marked the completion of an important step on the path to spacecraft assembly, test, and launch operations this week at Johns Hopkin Applied Physics…
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is embarking on its yearlong integration and testing campaign, during which all of the instruments and components will be added to the spacecraft structure, tested to ensure they will survive the harsh environments of launch and space, and made ready to execute its mission.
On Sept…
NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission held a critical design review (CDR) this week with a NASA Standing Review Board. This mission-level review was the culmination of individual CDRs conducted for all the instruments and subsystems. While there are still challenges ahead to face as a team, the review board is…
NASA and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland agreed on Dec. 30 to cooperate on a NASA The study of the Sun and its connection to the solar system, including the physical processes that occur in the space environment. mission, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP),…