Tiny NASA Spacecraft To Map Edge of the Solar System
Credit: SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE
NASA’s Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is set to enter a final round of testing, fueling and spin-balancing at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., the midpoint on its terrestrial journey to Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands for an Oct. 5 launch into high elliptical orbit to map the edge of the Solar...
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