Press Releases
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NASA Opens Media Accreditation for California Solar Mission Launch
04.23.13 - News media planning to cover the launch of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission on June 26 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California should apply for accreditation by June 18.
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Solar Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg AFB for Launch
04.17.13 - IRIS spacecraft arrives at VAFB for final preparations for a NET May 28 launch aboard a Pegasus rocket.
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NASA Awards Launch Services Contract For IRIS Mission
06.08.10 - NASA has selected Orbital Sciences Corporation of Dulles, Va., to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph spacecraft known as IRIS.
Mission News
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IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge
05.20.13 - NASA is getting ready to launch a new mission to observe a mysterious region of the solar atmosphere that may be crucial to understanding what powers space weather.
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IRIS Q&A with Robert Carvalho
04.30.13 - Robert Carvalho is one of two flight controllers for the IRIS mission, and is helping design, develop and integrate flight controller software tools.