NASA Invites Media to View Spacecraft to Study the Frontier of Space

Illustration of NASA's ICON mission in orbit
Illustration of NASA's ICON mission in orbit
Credits: NASA

NASA is inviting media to view NASAs Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) spacecraft Thursday, Oct. 4, ahead of its scheduled launch aboard a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL rocket Saturday, Oct. 6, at 4 a.m. EDT fromCape Canaveral Air Force Station(CCAFS) in Florida.

ICON will study Earths ionosphere to help determine the physical process at play in this frontier of space where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather from above and pave the way for mitigating its effects on our technology and society.

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