Friday, October 7, 2011
NASA working on Solar Orbiter mission instruments
NASA is working on the instruments for a new
mission that will send a special satellite to orbit the sun and
measuring things like solar wind and more. The satellite is set to
launch in 2017 from Cape Canaveral in Florida aboard a NASA approved
launch vehicle. The satellite is called the Solar Orbiter and before it can hit the launch pad in 2017, NASA has to get the...