Solar Probe at the Sun. Artwork of the Solar Probe spacecraft at the Sun. This proposed NASA mission to study the Sun was an early version of what is now called Solar Probe Plus,to be carried out by NASA and Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The mission is scheduled to be launched in 2018,using a solar shield for protection. The unmanned probe will approach to within 6 million kilometres of the solar surface (photosphere). Coronal loops and prominences are seen on the Sun | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Cook, Lynette |
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