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2015
- 05.06.15 – IRIS Celebrates 10,000th Orbit
- In this photo, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft captured several large solar prominences on the edge of the sun last week.
2014
- IRIS Helps Explain Heating of Solar Atmosphere
- 10.16.14 – In the Oct. 17, 2014, issue of Science magazine, five papers based on NASA IRIS data highlight different aspects of the energy's journey from the sun's surface through its atmosphere.
- NASA Releases IRIS Footage of X-class Flare
- 09.17.14 – On Sept. 10, 2014, NASA's newest solar observatory, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, joined other telescopes to witness an X-class flare — an example of one of the strongest solar flares.
2013
- IRIS Provides Unprecedented Images of Sun
- 12.09.13 – The region sandwiched between the surface of the sun and its atmosphere has been revealed as a more violent place than previously understood, according to images and data from NASA's newest solar observatory, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS.
- NASA's IRIS Mission Data Now Publicly Available
- 11.05.13 – On Oct. 31, 2013, NASA's most recent addition to its solar-observing fleet — the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, mission launched on June 27, 2013, to join a network of solar spacecraft and ground-based observatories to provide unprecedented insight into a little understood region of the sun called the interface region.
- IRIS Telescope's First Look at Sun Atmosphere
- 07.25.13 – As the telescope door opened on July 17, 2013, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph began to observe a mysterious layer of the sun's lower atmosphere and the results thus far are nothing short of amazing.
- IRIS Telescope Opens Its Door
- 07.17.13 – In its first step towards science operations since launch, the IRIS team opened the IRIS telescope door on July 17, 2013.
- IRIS Briefings and Events Coverage
- 06.11.13 – NASA.gov brings you images, videos and interactive features from the unique perspective of America's space agency. Get the latest updates on NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission.
- NASA's IRIS Mission to Launch in June
- 06.04.13 – Understanding how energy travels through the lowest layers of the sun's atmosphere is the goal of NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph scheduled to launch on June 26, 2013.
- IRIS Mission Readies For a New Challenge
- 05.29.13 – In late June 2013, NASA will launch a new set of eyes to offer the most detailed look ever of the sun's lower atmosphere, known as the interface region.
- 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.
- 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.
- IRIS Spacecraft Is Fully Integrated
- 01.18.13 – NASA's next Small Explorer mission, the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS), which will study the little-understood lower levels of the…
2012
2010
- 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. The spacecraft will fly in December 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
2009
- NASA Awards Two Small Explorer Development Contracts
- 06.19.09 – NASA has selected two science proposals to be developed into full missions as part of the agency's Small Explorer, or SMEX, Program. The selections will implement projects that will study our sun and some of the most exotic objects in the universe, such as neutron stars and black holes.
2008
