{"id":274834,"date":"2025-08-29T05:44:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=f70aa34eb7f09cdffaa68b8507c7b52e"},"modified":"2025-08-29T05:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T19:44:27","slug":"nasa-invites-media-to-learn-about-new-missions-to-map-suns-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=274834","title":{"rendered":"NASA Invites Media to Learn About New Missions to Map Sun\u2019s Influence"},"content":{"rendered":"
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NASA\u2019s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble created by the solar wind that protects our solar system from cosmic radiation. <\/div>\n
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NASA will hold a media teleconference at 12 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Sept. 4, to discuss the agency\u2019s upcoming Sun and space weather missions, IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) and Carruthers Geocorona Observatory. The two missions are targeting launch on the same rocket no earlier than Tuesday, Sept. 23.<\/p>\n

The IMAP mission<\/a> will map the boundaries of our heliosphere, the vast bubble created by the Sun\u2019s wind that encapsulates our entire solar system. As a modern-day celestial cartographer, IMAP will explore how the heliosphere interacts with interstellar space, as well as chart the range of particles that fill the space between the planets. The IMAP mission also will support near real-time observations of the solar wind and energetic particles. These energetic particles can produce hazardous space weather that can impact spacecraft and other NASA hardware as the agency explores deeper into space, including at the Moon under the Artemis campaign.<\/p>\n

NASA\u2019s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory<\/a> will image the ultraviolet glow of Earth\u2019s exosphere, the outermost region of our planet\u2019s atmosphere. This data will help scientists understand how space weather from the Sun shapes the exosphere and ultimately impacts our planet. The first observation of this glow \u2013 called the geocorona \u2013 was captured during Apollo 16, when a telescope designed and built by George Carruthers<\/a> was deployed on the Moon.<\/p>\n

Audio of the teleconference will stream live on the agency\u2019s website at:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live<\/a><\/p>\n

Participants include:<\/p>\n