KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — With SpaceX’s help, NASA and NOAA will launch three spacecraft early Wednesday morning that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on solar storms that could impact Earth and study the planet’s upper atmosphere.

And the lead scientist of one of these missions explains why it is so important.

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket is set to send up — really up — the IMAP mission from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A, stated the California-based company .

The instantaneous launch is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. ET.

The 45th Weather Squadron is calling for an 85% chance of good liftoff conditions, with the only concerns being the cumulus cloud rule.

It was originally set to go up on Tuesday at 7:32 a.m. ET, but more time was needed for SpaceX's dro

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