Solar Probe Plus

NASA's spacecraft 'Solar Probe Plus' will aim straight for Sun in 2018!

The US space agency said, the mission aims to brush by the sun, coming closer than any spacecraft in history to its scorching heat and radiation in order to reveal how stars are made.

May 31, 2017, 23:42 PM IST

NASA's announcement on 1st mission 'to touch the Sun' today: What you should know about the Solar Probe Plus

At 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 31, NASA will make an announcement about the agency’s first mission to fly directly into our Sun’s atmosphere.

May 31, 2017, 16:10 PM IST

NASA's first ever mission to 'touch the Sun': US space agency to make big announcement this week

NASA will reveal details about its new mission at an event at 11 a.m. EDT Wednesday, May 31. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website.

May 29, 2017, 14:38 PM IST

Solar Probe Plus: NASA to send first robotic spacecraft to Sun next year

By 2018, NASA says it may send its first robotic spacecraft to the Sun that is slated to get within six million kilometres of the blazing star to probe its atmosphere.

Feb 27, 2017, 16:51 PM IST