📣 LAUNCH ALERT! 📣 On Sept. 23, three new heliophysics missions are taking to the skies! IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) will map our heliosphere, the vast bubble that surrounds our solar system, to help us understand how our Sun creates and influences the vast space environment we live inside. 🚀🫧 The Carruthers Geocorona Observatory will image the "halo" emitted by the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere, the exosphere. Named for Dr. George Carruthers — who invented the

A special prelaunch message from another team player ⚽🚀 At 7:30am ET tomorrow morning, NASA’s IMAP, Carruthers, and NOAA’s SWFO-L1 missions will make their first launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. On the eve of this momentous occasion, actor and filmmaker Cristo Fernández — who stars as Dani Rojas in the hit TV show "Ted Lasso" — shared this special message of encouragement for the teams behind the launch. Watch the live launch broadcast starting at 6:40am ET! English broadcas