NASA Spacecraft Ready To Explore Outer Solar System
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 19:14
in Astronomy & Space
The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch Oct. 19. The two-year mission will begin from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.