NASA Spacecraft To Fly Into The Sun

NASA plans to send a spacecraft closer to the sun than any previous probe.

Dec 2, 2015

NASA plans to send a spacecraft named Solar Probe Plus closer to the surface of our star than any previous man-made probe has ever been. WSJ's Monika Auger reports. 

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