UNH Instruments Rocket into Space to Help Safeguard Impact of Space Weather

September 24, 2025
DURHAM, N.H.—After years in the making, instrumentation designed and built by researchers, engineers and students from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) blasted off on a Space X Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket is headed toward the sun as a part of NASA’s latest scientific mission to better understand the impact of space weather, cosmic radiation and their impacts on Earth. The IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission will study the sun’s... - Read Full Article

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