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Solar Orbiter: Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun
Image copyright Solar Orbiter/EUI Team (ESA & NASA) Image caption The arrow points to a “camp fire”. The circle at bottom-left gives an indication of size New pictures of the Sun taken just 77 million km (48 million miles) from its surface are the closest ever acquired by cameras. They come from the European Space …
Solar Orbiter: Europe’s Sun mission makes first close pass
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat is Solar Orbiter and what’s it going to do? Europe’s Solar Orbiter (SolO) probe makes its first close pass of the Sun on Monday, tracking by at a distance of just over 77 million km. SolO was launched in February and is on a mission to …
Solar Orbiter: Sun mission primed for launch
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat is Solar Orbiter and what’s it going to do? Europe’s audacious Solar Orbiter probe is all set to lift off on its quest to study the Sun from close quarters. The €1.5bn (£1.3bn) mission is packed with cameras and sensors that should reveal remarkable new insights …
Solar Orbiter launch: what is it and what’s it going to do?
It’s the new space mission that will show us the Sun as we’ve never been able to see it before. The spacecraft – called Solar Orbiter – is a European Space Agency-led mission – and was assembled at Airbus in Stevenage, England. Many scientists are calling it the UK’s most important mission for a generation. …
Solar Orbiter completes preparation for launch
Image copyright ULA/@GDavisPhotos Image caption Packed inside its protective fairing, SolO heads off to be mated with the Atlas Europe’s grand mission to understand the detailed workings of the Sun is all but ready for launch. Solar Obiter has been enclosed in its protective cover and mounted atop the rocket that will hurl the satellite …
Chandrayaan 2 landing update: Vikram-Pragyan break away from Chandrayaan-2 orbiter; All eyes now on Moon landing | India News
BENGALURU: Vikram, the lander, and Pragyan (rover), sitting inside Vikram were successfully separated from the orbiter on Monday, pushing India’s Chandrayaan-2 mission into the last and most crucial leg: Moon landing. Next, after two de-orbit manoeuvres, Vikram is expected to touchdown on the lunar surface between 1.30am and 2.30am on September 5. Isro had announced …
Star Trek on Mars: NASA spots “Star Trek” Starfleet logo on Mars surface using Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter MRO
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has spotted an unusual symbol on the surface of Mars — the iconic “Star Trek” Starfleet logo. The MRO captured a series of strange chevron symbols on a Martian sand dune in the southeast Hellas Planitia region. The MRO HiRISE (High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment) camera team at the University of Arizona …