ICON Mission Is Go for Launch

ICON Mis­sion Is Go for Launch



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Launch of NASA’s Ionos­pher­ic Con­nec­tion Explor­er, or ICON was tar­get­ed for the ear­ly morn­ing on Nov. 7, 2018 but scrubbed — man­agers are eval­u­at­ing the next launch attempt. ICON will explore the dynam­ic region where Earth meets space: the ionosphere.

Find more views of the ionos­phere from the Inter­na­tion­al Space Sta­tion at 

Music cred­it: Design Prin­ci­ple by Wayne Roberts

Cred­it: NASA’s God­dard Space Flight Center
Gen­na Duber­stein (USRA): Lead Producer
Karen Fox (ASI): Lead Writer
Scott Wiessinger (USRA): Narrator
Tom Immel (SSL Berke­ley): Lead Scientist
Dou­glas E. Row­land (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Sarah L. Jones (NASA/GSFC): Scientist
Gen­na Duber­stein (USRA): Editor
Music cred­it: Design Prin­ci­ple by Wayne Roberts

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