Europe’s Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun
Europe’s Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
February 14, 20206m 9s
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Show Notes
Just before midnight on Sunday, a spacecraft will depart from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a mission to the sun. Known as Solar Orbiter, this spacecraft will spend the next seven years dipping in and out of the extremely inhospitable environment around the sun. In the process, it will provide us with our first glimpse of the sun’s poles, which will be critical to understanding its topsy-turvy magnetic field.
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