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Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

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    NASA, UK Space Agency Sign Agreement to Build Instrument to Study Interplanetary Space

    An illustration shows the heliosphere — the bubble pushed out from the Sun — as it interacts with the material that fills interstellar space.

    NASA and the UK Space Agency have agreed to cooperate on NASA's heliophysics mission, the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP). The agreement, signed Sept. 22, 2021, will allow Imperial College London (ICL) to design and build one of IMAP's 10 instruments – a magnetometer called MAG – as well as provide ground support and personnel necessary to support the instrument and the IMAP science team.

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