IRIS
Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph
past Mission
Type
Orbiter
Launch
June 28, 2013
Target
Sun-Earth Interaction
Objective
Observe solar material
IRIS observes how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through a little-understood region in the Sun's lower atmosphere.
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