Thursday, February 20, 2020

Solar Orbiter Streaks to Space on ULA Atlas V to Explore Sun’s Polar Region and Space Weather: Photos


ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission to study the Sun streaks to space atop  a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 11:03 p.m. EST on Feb. 9, 2020 – in this long duration exposure taken from the roof of NASA’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) with photographers in the foreground.  Credit: Ken Kremer/kenkremer.com/spaceupclose.com
9 February 2020

Ken Kremer - - For SpaceUpClose.com & RocketSTEM 

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER/CAPE CANAVERAL SPACE FORCE STATION, FL –  The Solar Orbiter collaborative  mission between ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA to study the Sun and its poles and space weather in unprecedented detail streaked to space on a commercial United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket  Sunday evening, Feb. 9 from the Florida Space Coast. 

Read the entire story at Space UpClose:
https://www.spaceupclose.com/2020/02/solar-orbiter-streaks-to-space-on-ula-atlas-v-to-explore-suns-polar-region-and-space-weather-photos/

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