Mission Updates

UNH Readies Instrument to Study Sun’s Interactions Out into Galaxy
Jan. 23, 2025

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 Targets September 2025 Launch for Heliophysics Missions
Dec. 20, 2024

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…

New Instrument to Measure High-energy Solar Particles as Part of NASA Mission
May 28, 2024
 

Scientists and engineers at NASA Goddard are poised to deliver a new instrument, the High-energy Ion Telescope (HIT), which is a solar…

APL Team Readies Advanced Imager for Integration onto NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe
March 18, 2024
 

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…

Imperial-Built Instrument Jets Off to NASA Ahead of Major Solar Wind Mission
Feb. 21, 2024
 

An instrument built by Imperial College London physicists is on its way to be fitted onto NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)…

IMAP Passes System Integration Review (SIR)
Sept. 25, 2023

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…

IMAP Mission Begins Integration and Testing at APL - Watch as the Spacecraft is Built!
Sept. 19, 2023

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 IMAP Mission Successfully Completes Critical Design Review
Jan. 27, 2023

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…

Poland Will Build Instrument for Princeton-Led Mission to Study Interplanetary Space
Jan. 14, 2021

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),…

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