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The First Mission to the Nearest Star
Solar Probe Plus will be a historic mission, flying into the Sun's atmosphere (or corona) for the first time. Coming closer to the Sun than any previous spacecraft, Solar Probe Plus will employ a combination of in situ measurements and imaging to achieve the mission's primary scientific goal: to understand how the Sun's corona is heated and how the solar wind is accelerated. Solar Probe Plus will revolutionize our knowledge of the origin and evolution of the solar wind.
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SOLAR PROBINGS
Solar Probe Plus will pass Venus less than two months after launch and will be collecting science data at its first solar pass just one month later.
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Solar Probe Plus Mission Engineering Study Report Solar Probe Plus Report of the Science and Technology Definition Team RELATED LINKS
• Solar Probe Plus at NASA |