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IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe)

    NASA’s IMAP Instruments Join Spacecraft

    Image shows technician in a white bunny suit testing the Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument of NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) observatory  at Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

    Technicians installed two instruments on NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft on at the Astrotech Space Operations facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The work took multiple days and finished on Monday, June 23.  Scheduled to launch this fall, IMAP’s 10 science instruments will monitor space weather and study and […]

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    NASA’s IMAP Spacecraft Readied for Launch Preparations

    Technicians removed NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft from its shipping container on Thursday, May 29, after transferring it from the airlock into the high bay at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The IMAP spacecraft arrived at the facility on May 10, coming by truck […]

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    NASA’s Interstellar Mapping Mission Arrives in Florida

    NASA’s Interstellar Mapping Mission Arrives in Florida.

    NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) spacecraft arrived May 10 for processing at the Astrotech Space Operations Facility near the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission will study how the Sun shapes the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble around our solar system.   A semitrailer transported the spacecraft from NASA’s Marshall Space […]

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    NASA’s IMAP Completes Thermal Vacuum Testing Campaign

    In a large laboratory, a circular door is open, revealing a large instrument inside a circular chamber. A person in a white full body suit stands outside.

    NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as part of its journey toward launch as soon as this fall. As a modern-day celestial cartographer, IMAP will help researchers better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a sort of magnetic […]

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    IMAP Instrument Installations Complete

    10 instruments are laid out in 2 rows of 5 against a white background. They are labeled with their names and categories.

    With the installation of a charged particle detector on Dec. 3, 2024, all 10 of NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) science instruments have been fully integrated on the spacecraft.

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