NASA 's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE ) launched intospace early on Thursday morning.- The IXPE was launched by a
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, NASA said in a statement.
A NASA satellite designed to examine some of the most fascinating objects in the cosmos, including $4 was successfully launched into orbit by a SpaceX $4 rocket, NASA said in a $4.
The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) observatory is a spacecraft developed by NASA in collaboration with the Italian Space Agency. It carries three telescopes designed to measure the polarization of X-rays from high-energy celestial objects. These include black holes and the remnants of $4.
This means it will be able to probe the physics behind these mysterious objects.
"IXPE is going to show us the violent universe around us — such as exploding
The IXPE was launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1 a.m. EST on Thursday, NASA said in its statement. $4 reports the IXPE cost $214 million.
SpaceX shared footage on $4 of the IXPE separating from the Falcon 9 rocket, floating off into orbit
"It is an indescribable feeling to see something you've worked on for decades become real and launch into space," Martin Weisskopf, IXPE's principal investigator at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, said in a statement.
$4 reported that at a pre-launch press conference, Weisskopf said IXPE's first target will be the Crab Nebula, which is the remnants of a dead star.
SpaceX has flown multiple missions for NASA, including $4 to the International Space Station.
NASA also awarded SpaceX a $4 in April to help the agency return to the moon. The contract was $4, but the US Federal Court of Claims $4 in November.