Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission – launched in 2008 and still exploring the boundaries of our heliosphere and its interaction with the local interstellar medium Parker Solar Probe (PSP), Integrated Science investigation of the Sun (ISʘIS) instrument suite – launched to measure energetic particles as close in as nine solar radii from the Sun’s surface Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission – under development and launching in 2025 to explore the details of particle acceleration and the Sun’s interaction with the local interstellar medium ![]() McComas serves as the principal investigator for: We are the lead institution for numerous NASA Heliophysics missions and instruments that Prof. Discovers scientific secrets of our space environs through integrated observations, data analysis, and theoretical understanding.Analyzes space data from the Sun and Solar Corona through to the Solar Wind and terrestrial and planetary magnetospheres, including the global heliosphere and its interaction with the local interstellar medium.Conceives, designs develops, calibrates, and flies cutting-edge space instrumentation on NASA missions.Educates Princeton University undergraduate and graduate students through hands-on work in an active space instrument laboratory and with scientific data from space. ![]() The Space Physics group in the Department of Astrophysical Sciences:
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