NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe reached its final orbit around the Sun-Earth L1 point on Jan. 10, 2026.

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...

NASA is planning the launch of The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP), a mission to explore the edge of the heliosphere, a huge bubble created by the Sun's wind that encapsulates our ...

Southwest Research Institute has delivered the novel Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument for final integration into NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) ...

The star that is at the center of our solar system has become in recent years a focal point in our space exploration efforts, with several missions dedicated to studying it making their way into the ...

The SwRI-developed Compact Dual Ion Composition Experiment (CoDICE) instrument aboard NASA’s IMAP spacecraft measures ions from the solar wind and charged particles from beyond the solar system. Its ...

Credit: NASA HOUSTON—NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has begun its two-year primary mission to explore and map the boundaries of the protective bubble called the heliosphere ...

A NASA probe has started its mission to map the heliosphere, which is a huge protective bubble around the solar system that was created by the sun, the space agency announced on Monday. The space ...