INSIDE THE SKY AT NIGHT
Mar 26, 2020
2 minutes
Solar Orbiter, the European Space Agency’s new Sun explorer, blasted off from Cape Canaveral in February. It is now heading for an encounter with Venus soon after Christmas. These encounters (there will be eight with Venus and one with Earth over the 10-year mission) will be instrumental in helping the spacecraft slow down enough to
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