NASA launches first ever solar probe to 'touch the sun'

935 views · Published 12 August 2018 · 4:22 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: WION · 2018 · News & Politics

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NASA on Sunday (August 12) launched a probe that will head closer to the Sun than any other spacecraft before it, enduring wicked heat while zooming through the solar corona to study this outermost part of the stellar atmosphere that gives rise to the solar wind.

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