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IXPE Prelaunch
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) spacecraft is seen at sunset on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A, Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The IXPE spacecraft is the first satellite dedicated to measuring the polarization of X-rays from a variety of cosmic sources, such as black holes and neutron stars. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineIXPE Prelaunch. NASA/HQ, 2021-12-08. Public domain. ID: NHQ202112080014.
