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NASA’s IMAP Mission Captures ‘First Light,’ Looks Back at Earth 

All 10 instruments aboard NASA’s newly launched IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission have successfully recorded their first measurements in space. With these “first light” observations, the spacecraft is now collecting preliminary science data as it journeys to its observational post at Lagrange point 1 (L1), about 1 million miles from Earth toward the … Continue reading NASA’s IMAP Mission Captures ‘First Light,’ Looks Back at Earth 

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