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NASA History News And Notes - Summer 2025
In the summer 2025 issue of the NASA History Office's News & Notes newsletter, examples of leadership and critical ...
Solar Orbiter spacecraft obtains first images of the sun's poles
The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a ...
Scientists snap photos of the Sun’s south pole for the first time ever
A space probe has delivered world-first images of the Sun's south pole—and this is only the start towards deeper solar ...
First-Ever Images of Sun’s South Pole Released by European Mission
Visuals from the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter reveal chaotic solar magnetism in the solar polar region. Even better ...
Behold! Humanity has captured our first look at the Sun's South Pole
The craft helped solar boffins to discover that Sol’s north and south magnetic poles are both on the southern side of the ...
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See the First-Ever Direct Images of the Sun’s South Pole, Captured by the Solar Orbiter Spacecraft
The spacecraft's tilted orbit will allow scientists to investigate the mechanisms behind space weather that impact crucial ...
"Quick Peek": Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Obtains First Images Of Sun's Poles
The robotic Solar Orbiter spacecraft has obtained the first images ever taken of our sun's two poles as scientists seek a ...
The sun's poles have flipped. A spacecraft is watching what happens next.
The Solar Orbiter, a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA, captured detailed images of the sun’s southern region in March, something no other probe has done at close range.
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Scientists snap photos of the Sun’s south pole for the first time ever
On February 10th, 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the Solar Orbiter space probe from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Over five years later, Solar Orbiter has now delivered photos of the ...
Solar Orbiter Captures the First-Ever Images of the Sun’s South Pole
The images come courtesy of a spacecraft called Solar Orbiter. Led by the European Space Agency (ESA) with contributions from ...
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Solar Orbiter spacecraft obtains first images of the sun's poles
A previous spacecraft, Ulysses, flew over the solar poles in the 1990s. "Ulysses, however, was blind in the sense that it did not carry any optical instruments - telescopes or cameras - and hence ...
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Behold the First Images of the Sun’s South Pole
We Earthlings see the sun every day of our lives—but gaining a truly new view of our star is a rare and precious thing. So count your lucky stars: for the first time in history, scientists have ...