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NASA?s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A joint effort with the Italian Space Agency, the IXPE observatory is NASA?s first mission dedicated to measuring the polarisation of X-rays from the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe supernova remnants, supermassive black holes, and dozens of other high-energy objects. IXPE represents another extraordinary first, said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Together with our partners in Italy and around the world, we?ve added a new space observatory to our fleet that

NASA?s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A joint effort with the Italian Space Agency, the IXPE observatory is NASA?s first mission dedicated to measuring the polarisation of X-rays from the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe supernova remnants, supermassive black holes, and dozens of other high-energy objects. IXPE represents another extraordinary first, said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Together with our partners in Italy and around the world, we?ve added a new space observatory to our fleet that

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NASA?s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission launched at 1 a.m. EST Thursday on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. A joint effort with the Italian Space Agency, the IXPE observatory is NASA?s first mission dedicated to measuring the polarisation of X-rays from the most extreme and mysterious objects in the universe supernova remnants, supermassive black holes, and dozens of other high-energy objects. IXPE represents another extraordinary first, said Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Together with our partners in Italy and around the world, we?ve added a new space observatory to our fleet that

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