IXPE Launches to Explore the Secrets of the Universe
![Against a dark background, a rocket launches. Visible is a nest of clouds on the ground with a bright plume of fire rising up to the top of the image. A structure is silhouetted to the left of the plume, and a water tower is visible just to the right.](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/51733990422_be2a3d80f0_o-detail.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
NASA/Joel Kowsky
December 9, 2021
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Historical Date | December 9, 2021 |
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched with NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer, or IXPE, spacecraft onboard from Launch Complex 39A, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
More information: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/exploring-the-secrets-of-the-universe