Joint ESA/NASA Solar Mission Nears Launch

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Credit: NASA
A European Space Agency-led collaboration with NASA, the $1.5 billion Solar Orbiter (SO) mission, is set to lift off from Cape Canaveral atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V on Feb. 7 at 11:15 p.m. EST, the opening of an 18-day launch window. SO will study the Sun’s poles for the formation of...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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