The Solar Orbiter Will Launch This Weekend on Its Journey to Peer Into the Sun
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On Sunday, the European Space Agency hopes to launch its Solar Orbiter in order to better understand a star we know far too little about: the Sun. The launch is scheduled for 11:03 p.m. ET on February 9 (live stream from NASA TV is embedded below).
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