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Solar Orbiter returns to Earth before starting its main science mission

Submit on Saturday, November 20th, 2021 22:11

ESA’s Solar Orbiter is returning to Earth for a flyby before starting its main science mission to explore the Sun and its connection to ‘space weather’. During the flyby Solar Orbiter must pass through the clouds of space debris that surround our planet, making this manoeuvre the riskiest flyby yet for a science mission.

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