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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 04:48 PM
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Europe to lead daring Sun mission (BBC)
By Jonathan Amos
Science correspondent, BBC News

Europe is to lead the most ambitious space mission ever undertaken to study the behaviour of the Sun.

Known as Solar Orbiter, the probe will have to operate a mere 42 million km from our star - closer than any spacecraft to date.

The mission proposal was formally adopted by European Space Agency (Esa) member states on Tuesday.

Solar Orbiter is expected to launch in 2017 and will cost close to a billion euros.

Nasa (the US space agency) will participate, providing two instruments for the probe and the rocket to send it on its way.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15146082
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hedgehog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 04:53 PM
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1. Are they landing at night?
















I had to ask.
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Ian David Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-04-11 05:23 PM
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