NASA Aims to Plunge Car-Sized Probe Into the Sun (page 2)
NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before. The unprecedented project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later than 2018.The small car-sized spacecraft will plunge directly into the sun's atmosphere approximately four million miles from our star's surface. It will explore a region no other spacecraft ever has encountered. NASA has selected five science investigations that will unlock the sun's biggest mysteries."The experiments selected for Solar Probe Plus are specifically designed to solve two key questions of solar physics -- why is the sun's outer atmosphere so much hotter than the sun's visible surface and what propels the solar wind that affects Earth and our solar system? " said Dick Fisher, director of NASA's Heliophysics Division in Washington. "We've been struggling with these questions for decades and this mission should finally provide those answers."As the spacecraft approaches the sun, its revolutionary carbon-compo
NASA Aims to Plunge Car-Sized Probe Into the Sun
NASA is developing a mission to plunge a car-sized probe directly into the sun's atmosphere, exploring a region no spacecraft has ever visited.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from SPACE.com
NASA Selects Investigations For First Mission To Encounter The Sun
NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from Science @ NASA
New mission to skim the Sun: NASA selects science investigations for Solar Probe Plus, Sat 4 Sep 10 from ScienceDaily
NASA Selects Science Investigations for Solar Probe Plus, Fri 3 Sep 10 from RedOrbit
NASA Selects Investigations For Solar Probe Plus, Thu 2 Sep 10 from RedOrbit
NASA plans close encounter with the sun
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- NASA has started development of Solar Probe Plus, a mission to study the sun more closely than ever before, with a target launch date of 2018, the agency says. ...
Fri 3 Sep 10 from UPI
NASA probe to ‘touch, taste and smell’ the sun.
From Science @NASA: Let’s hope it doesn’t taste like chicken or smell like feet. NASA’s daring plan to visit the sun took a giant leap forward today with the selection of five ...
Fri 3 Sep 10 from Watts Up With That?
Scientists Join for 'Defining' Solar Physics Mission
Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville will team with scientists across the country on what is being described as the premier solar and heliophysics mission of the 21st century.
Tue 7 Sep 10 from Newswise
NASA readies probe for up-close study of sun's corona
Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2010 NASA said it is developing a car-sized satellite that by "no later than 2018" will plunge into the sun's outer atmosphere for an up-close study of its super-hot ...
Mon 6 Sep 10 from SpaceDaily
Solar Probe Plus To Plunge Directly Into Sun's Atmosphere
Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2010 NASA's daring plan to visit the sun took a giant leap forward with the selection of five key science investigations for the Solar Probe+ spacecraft. Slated ...
Fri 3 Sep 10 from SpaceDaily
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