Interstellar Boundary Explorer (2/2)

The first NASA spacecraft to image and map the dynamic interactions taking place where the hot solar wind slams into the cold expanse of space is ready for launch 19th October 2008. The two-year mission will begin from the Kwajalein Atoll, a part of the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Called the Interstellar Boundary Explorer or IBEX, the spacecraft will conduct extremely high-altitude orbits above Earth to investigate and capture images of processes taking place at the farthest reaches of the solar system. Known as the interstellar boundary, this region marks where the solar system meets interstellar space.

Dr. Stephen Fuselier is the senior manager for the Space Physics Department at Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center. Fuselier is applying his expertise in space plasma physics as the lead investigator of the IBEX-Lo instrument, which is designed to measure energetic neutral atoms from 10 eV to 2 keV.

Dr. Nathan Schwadron is an associate professor of astronomy at Boston University and the science operations lead for the IBEX mission.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• IBEX
• Interstellar
• Boundary
• Explorer

[KH198]

I do not wish to steal or copy this design at all I just want to learn from it. You must understand it is difficult to learn if you not display full 3d models. I need to turn off and on layers in order to learn the geometry involved. It would also be nice if you used Real Flow to show me the particles. The Math's is extremely important to me. Script's anything. I must obtain this information.

[BrunoTheQuestionable]

Perhaps the NASA Inquiry Management OFfice can help:

w w w. nasa. gov/about/contact/ask_nasa_for­m.html

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[KH198]

@0:35, Could you please post the 3d model somewhere on the net, or possibly upload the dxf, dwg file. (Any other format will be fine)

Thank you :)

[BrunoTheQuestionable]

Unfortunately the 3D models aren't publicly available :(

The source file is only a hi-res jpg:

w w w. nasa. gov/images/content/283479main_­instrumentcrosssections.jpg

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[cdavaz]

How did you get this? I want more!

[10mintwo]

this is great! neither of the nasa videos tell you shit about how the thing actually works.

[Shadowsnshades]

Interesting. Thanks for posting.