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Stories about: Solar Probe

Russians Launch Solar Physics Spacecraft On Friday, Russia announced having managed to successfully launch its newest satellite into orbit, and that the probe already began sending back data. What makes this launch more special than others is the fact that the Coronas Photon is the most important scientific device the Russian Federation deployed to orbit in... 31 January 2009 05:06 GMT Let's Send a Probe into the Sun, They Say Well, sending a probe into the Sun wouldn't do much good would it, considering that the spacecraft will be totally destroyed by the dreaded heat radiating from the star? However, the Solar Probe will be the closest spacecraft ever sent to the Sun and its orbit will eventually pass through the star's outer a... 6 May 2008 02:45 GMT