Over 11 billion miles away, an invisible wall separates our “home” in space from the galaxy beyond. 🏠🌌
This wall is the boundary of our heliosphere, the area of space carved out by our Sun. Like a house, the heliosphere shelters us from harsh weather outside and regulates the environment inside.
What does our home in space actually look like? We still don’t fully know — but a new NASA mission is aiming to change that.
Launching as early as Sept. 23, NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe will help us construct the “blueprints” of our home in space.
This video is the first of a three-part series that explores how we learn about our heliosphere, how it protects us, and how it advances the search for life elsewhere in the universe.
Starting next month, four volunteers will spend a year inside a 3D-printed habitat at @NASA_Johnson to help us prepare for future missions to Mars.
Meet the members of our new CHAPEA crew: https://t.co/BMnXQaWq1O
We're bringing more science to the @Space_Station!
In mid-September, Northrop Grumman's 23rd cargo mission to the station will lift off with experiments to study UV light and produce medicines. Read more about what else is aboard: https://t.co/Yrw6wqkbiy
LIVE: Discover how two new NASA missions will map our solar system’s boundaries and study potentially hazardous space weather.
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) & the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory are set to launch Sept. 23: https://t.co/bBkESTw0JR