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NASA to Host Briefings, Events for ICON Launch to Study Space Weather

NASA will host a series of media briefings leading up to the Friday, Oct. 26, launch of its Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) mission to study the dynamic zone high in the atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above. The launch and briefings, which begin Wednesday, Oct. 24, will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website. The spacecraft,…