Successful launch in space of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission

 

News of the successful launch in space of the Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) mission on December 9th 2021 by SpaceX. IXPE is a NASA and ASI mission, with a fundamental contribution from INAF and INFN. IXPE will open the new window of X-ray polarimetry from space!