CODEX Heads to the Space Station for Install

  • Released Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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On Nov. 4, 2024, the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment (CODEX) launched to space aboard NASA’s SpaceX CRS-31 – a commercial resupply mission of an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft headed for the International Space Station. Liftoff occurred at 9:29 p.m. EST.

CODEX is a solar coronagraph that will be installed on the Space Station to gather important information about the solar wind and how it forms. A coronagraph blocks out the bright light from the Sun to better see details in the Sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona. CODEX is a collaboration between NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) with additional contributions from Italy’s National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF).

To learn more about the experiment, visit: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/codex/

NASA's SpaceX CRS-31 Live Launch Coverage - 4K

To download the entire launch broadcast, visit: https://images.nasa.gov/details/KSC-20241104-VP-CDC01-0001-SpaceX_CRS_31_Live_Launch_Coverage_4K

Video Credit: NASA

CODEX install on the International Space Station – 720p (HD)

CODEX install on the International Space Station – 480p (SD)

For More Information

See NASA.gov

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

This page was originally published on Wednesday, November 6, 2024.
This page was last updated on Friday, November 22, 2024 at 4:09 PM EST.