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SpaceX Launch with NASA's IXPE Mission 12/9/2021

SpaceX launched NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) X-ray observatory from historic LC-39A on the Kennedy Space Center at 1 a.m. EST. #IXPE is designed to study changes in the polarization of X-rays from black holes, pulsars, supernova, neutron stars, and more. This is a composite of 2 images, 1 for the stars & 1 for the launch.

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Uploaded on December 9, 2021
Taken on December 9, 2021