Published on Feb , If all goes to plan, humans will see the sun’s north and south poles for the first time in history. On Sunday night, NASA and the European Space Agency launched the Atlas V rocket. The Solar Orbiter is on a 7-year mission and it will reach its primary orbit around the sun in . The mission includes 22 close approaches to the sun and will get closer than Mercury is to the sun. It has a titanium heat shield that withstands temperatures up to (° C) ° F).
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