How space missions make discoveries on the way to their main destinations
To get somewhere in outer space, you can’t exactly drive in a straight line. Orbits are tricky things, and sending a probe to ...
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Space Probe
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, launched in 2018, will make its final Venus flyby on Nov. 6. This manoeuvre will bring the spacecraft into a new orbit, allowing it to approach within 3.8 million ...
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Imperial Solar Orbiter Team Celebrates 5 Years Studying Sun
Imperial's Professor Tim Horbury and Helen O'Brien are celebrating the impact of the Solar Orbiter as they mark five years since it first ...
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NASA probe ‘touches the Sun' and records 'creepiest noise ever heard'
December 26 of this past year, humanity’s most daring space mission yet achieved the unthinkable. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe ...
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Venus Planet
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe will complete its final Venus gravity assist on 6 November, altering its path to make an unprecedented 3.86-million-mile approach to the sun on 24 December. The ...