IBEX: Search for the Edge of the Solar System
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This fulldome and flat-screen planetarium show follows the creation of NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft, giving audiences an in-depth look at the mission and how IBEX is collecting high-speed atoms to create a map of the boundary of our Solar System. Narrated by two inquisitive teenagers, audiences will hear from the scientists and engineers that developed the IBEX mission and created the spacecraft, and get the latest updates on the mission's discoveries. The show runs 28 minutes in length and incorporates animation, scientific visualization, and video elements. It is available to museums, planetariums, and other informal and formal education venues with no licensing fee.
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Earth and space science:Solar system:The sun:Plasma physics,Engineering and technology:Aircraft, probes, satellites and/or spacecraft,Vocational/Professional Development Education,NSDL,NSDL_SetSpec_ncs-NSDL-COLLECTION-000-003-112-115,Heliophysics,Earth and space science:Solar system:The sun:Solar physics,Earth and space science:Solar system:The sun:Heliosphere,General Public,Solar system boundary,oai:nsdl.org:2200/20140407124220246T,Technology,Space science,IBEX,Informal Education,Physics,Engineering,Space Science,Interstellar mediumLanguage:
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NoneThis fulldome and flat-screen planetarium show follows the creation of NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer spacecraft, giving audiences an in-depth look at the mission and how IBEX is collecting high-speed atoms to create a map of the boundary of our Solar System. Narrated by two inquisitive teenagers, audiences will hear from the scientists and engineers that developed the IBEX mission and created the spacecraft, and get the latest updates on the mission's discoveries. The show runs 28 minutes in length and incorporates animation, scientific visualization, and video elements. It is available to museums, planetariums, and other informal and formal education venues with no licensing fee.
