INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
This research spacecraft will study polarized light from sources including neutron stars, pulsar wind nebulae and supermassive black holes,
and provide much more imaging than existing space-based observation resources.The mission will help scientists in the study of magnetars (a
found within the remains of supernova.SpaceX will launch this IXPE mission aboard a flight-proven Falcon 9, and the total cost for the
contract is around $50.3 million
and COO Gwynne Shotwell in a statement
NASA, including the commercial resupply missions it regularly performs for the International Space Station.
