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Solar Orbiter Is About to Reach the Far Side of the Sun – Gizmodo

Few 1-year-olds are as intrepid explorers as NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter. The space probe is already 138 million miles from Earth and is…

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Few 1-year-olds are as intrepid explorers as NASA and the European Space Agencys Solar Orbiter. The space probe is already 138 million miles from Earth and is about to take babys first trip behind the Sun.
Launched on February 10, 2020, its finally conjunction season for the plucky little spacecraft, referring to the apparent proximity of the probe to the Sun when viewed by eyes on Earth. Built like a cosmic water skipper and charged with observing the Sun in unbelievable detail, Solar Orbiter will…

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