The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch October 19. The 2-year mission will begin from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) will conduct extremely high-altitude orbits of Earth to investigate and capture images of processes taking place at the farthest reaches of the solar system. Known as the interstellar boundary, this region marks where the solar system meets interstellar space.
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