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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A rocket launches into a deep orange sky over a body of water with wooden docks, leaving smoke and a fiery trail behind.

Fiery Flight

A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe lifts off from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Sept. 24, 2025. The probe will study solar wind affecting the Earth, other planets and every spacecraft in the solar system.

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