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NASA just parked a spacecraft 1 million miles from Earth, and almost no one’s talking about it

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) has officially reached the first Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L1) after a three-and-a-half-month journey through space. The spacecraft is now ...
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NASA IMAP reaches Sun-Earth Lagrange point for heliosphere studies

NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) reached the Sun-Earth Lagrange point 1 (L1) on January 10, 2026, approximately 1 million miles from Earth toward the Sun, according to NASA.
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Lagrange Points: An Orbital Parking Spot for Satellites

Satellites and instruments placed at Lagrange points remain in a stable position because the gravitational forces from the Earth and sun balance each other, requiring only minimal energy for ...
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NASA completes second trajectory maneuver for ESCAPADE spacecraft

NASA’s ESCAPADE spacecraft completed its second trajectory correction maneuver, setting up an Earth-proximity orbit before a 2026 Mars flyby, according to NASA reports.