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NASA Is Launching A Mission To Touch The Sun

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NASA's Parker Solar Probe will explore the sun's atmosphere wearing a nearly 5-inch coat of carbon-composite solar shields. According to CNN, the mission is expected to launch in early August. This is NASA's first mission to the sun and its outermost atmosphere. It's not a mission that any human can make, so NASA is sending a roughly 10-foot-high probe on the historic mission. The probe will be closer to the sun than any spacecraft has ever reached before.

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