IBEX collecting science data, building first all-sky map of the edge of the solar system
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 - 11:14
in Astronomy & Space
Following two months of commissioning, during which the spacecraft and sensors were tuned for optimum mission performance, the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) spacecraft began gathering data to build the first maps of the edge of the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by the Sun.