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Figure 1.
Kilopower reactor prototype
Figure 2.
Other launch vehicles: Falcon Heavy, New Glenn, Starship
Figure 3.
Modular construction
Figure 4.
POLRAD experiment sample spectrum – well recorded <300 kHz and higher, 1999 (by CDPP/CNES, public exemplary data set provided through IRAP repository)
Figure 5.
Terrestrial longwave frequencies received by POLRAD, 18 Mm (megametres) from the source (Miś, 2020)
Figure 6.
Routes toward different objects for the Interstellar Probe
Figure 7.
Spacecraft launch configuration in case of using SLS 1B+ as the first-stage rocket
Figure 8.
Spacecraft launch configuration in case of using two Falcon Heavies (FH) as the first-stage rocket. Placement of third and fourth stages with IP spacecraft is marked.
Figure 9.
Payload–launch cost participation for 2 B$ mission launched with SLS 1B+ (a) and two Falcon Heavies (b) as the first stage
Figure 10.
The boundary between the heliosphere and the interstellar medium consisting of the termination shock, heliopause, and bow shock (source JHU APL)
Figure 11.
The shapes of the heliosphere obtained by the heliosphere’s different models.
“What does the heliosphere look like?”