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Experts from NASA, NOAA, and the Space Force will discuss three new missions to study space weather and its impacts on the solar system.

IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe), NASA’s Carruthers Geocorona Observatory, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 (SWFO-L1) are targeted to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:32 a.m. EDT (1132 UTC), Tuesday, Sept. 23.

The participants in the news conference are:
- Nicky Fox, associate administrator, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters
- Brad Williams, IMAP program executive, NASA Headquarters
- Irene Parker, deputy assistant administrator for Systems at NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service
- Denton Gibson, launch director, NASA’s Launch Services Program, NASA Kennedy
- Julianna Scheiman, director, NASA Science Missions, SpaceX
- Arlena Moses, launch weather officer, 45th Weather Squadron, U.S. Space Force

Learn more about IMAP: science.nasa.gov/mission/imap
Learn more about SWFO-L1: science.nasa.gov/mission/swfo-l1
Learn more about the Carruthers Geocorona Observatory: science.nasa.gov/mission/carruthers-geocorona-observatory

Credit: NASA