MISSION TO THE SUN
Apr 16, 2020
2 minutes
Words by Andrew May
The European Space Agency (ESA) usually launches its own spacecraft, but its latest mission beyond Earth hitched a ride on an American Atlas V rocket, which blasted off from Cape Canaveral in Florida on 10 February this year. Solar Orbiter, as its name suggests, will indeed orbit the Sun – but in a way that’s never been done
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