Spacecraft to Fly Into The Sun
Flying into the sun’s corona is suicidal to be sure, but scientists want to find out how the sun’s atmosphere is heated.Why the sun’s atmosphere is nearly 200 times hotter than its visible surface is a long-standing mystery. A new spacecraft, called Solar Probe Plus, aims to find some answers.Flying directly into the sun’s corona is a suicidal mission to be sure, but scientists and engineers at
