Team Member Spotlights

September 2022 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Hannah Mohr
Sept. 23, 2022
 

While summer is quickly ending, progress did not slow down for the IMAP team in August. Several more teams and instruments completed their critical design reviews, and two in-person gatherings occurred. The IMAP Team met at the…

August 2022 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Scott Knappmiller, IDEX Lead Instrument Engineer
Aug. 9, 2022
 

July brought many more steps forward for the IMAP mission. Successful critical design reviews (CDRs) were held for the SWAPI and…

July 2022 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Sanae Kubota
July 15, 2022
 

June has been fantastic for the IMAP Team. First, we had the first in-person gathering of the IMAP Science Team in nearly a year. APL was a gracious host for a combined A predecessor to IMAP, IBEX is studying how our heliosphere interacts with interstellar space. IBEX created the first maps showing the interactions at that border, and how they change over time./IMAP science meeting…

June 2022 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Jamie Rankin
June 6, 2022
 

The IMAP payload instruments and systems are developing quickly – much like the growth and transformation that April and May bring each spring. While work continues on each component at the many partner institute homes during our current engineering model build and test phase, it is a…

April 2022 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Kyle Gregory
April 19, 2022
 

Spring is an inspiring A measure of the flow of events. for the work on our spacecraft at APL and at each instrument home institution. Engineers have been in high productivity as they continue to build and test each component…

February 2022 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Susan Pope, Payload Project Manager
Feb. 28, 2022
 

With the new year comes great advancements for the IMAP mission. Many firsts are happening as instrument engineering model (EM) assemblies go from paper to metal and are put through initial testing and calibration. “First light” reports from imagers and An instrument which is used to discover that something is present somewhere, or to measure how much of something there is. components have been rolling in weekly, along with pictures of the…

December 2021 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: University of New Hampshire Experimental Space Plasma Lab Team
Dec. 22, 2021
 

Jon, a The study of the Sun and its connection to the solar system, including the physical processes that occur in the space environment. research scientist who graduated from UNH, had the opportunity to be involved with the IMAP mission from its proposal, conducting simulations and some data analysis for…

November 2021 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Matina Gkioulidou
Nov. 8, 2021
 

Happy November to all our IMAP community! The GO IMAP! excitement increases every week as new milestones are incrementally reached in building and testing each of the specialized components of the IMAP instruments. As we finish laying out the electrical and mechanical systems for each instrument and begin manufacturing,…

October 2021 IMAP Update and Spotlight Feature: Dan Matlin, IMAP Radio Frequency Subsystem Lead
Oct. 4, 2021
 

Greetings, IMAP friends!

I am absolutely thrilled to bring you news about the next NASA exploration opportunity at the very edge of our solar system. Launching in 2025, the Interstellar…