The large wall monitor displaying a countdown shows 17 seconds when Amelia “Mia” De Herrera-Schnering tells her teammates “We have AOS,” meaning “acquisition of signal.” “Copy that, thank you,” Alexander Pichler replies. The two are now in contact with NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-Ray Polarimeter Explorer) spacecraft, transmitting science data from IXPE to a ground station […]
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Astrophysics, Black Holes, Goddard Space Flight Center, IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer), Marshall Astrophysics, Marshall Space Flight Center, The Universe
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August 21, 2024
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