"Solar Orbiter"

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9 February 2020

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is seen atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket after rolling out to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415562

9 February 2020

The Solar Orbiter spacecraft is seen atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket as it rolls out from the vertical integration facility to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415544

9 February 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload arrives at pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 8, 2020 after rolling out from the vertical integration facility in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415546

9 February 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload rolls out from the vertical integration facility to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415548

9 February 2020

People watch as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload arrives at pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after rolling out from the vertical integration facility on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415550

9 February 2020

Members of the media take photographs as a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload rolls out from the vertical integration facility to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415552

9 February 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload rolls out from the vertical integration facility to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415554

9 February 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload arrives at pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after rolling out from the vertical integration facility on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415556

9 February 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload rolls out from the vertical integration facility to pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#5415558

9 February 2020

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 411 rocket with the Solar Orbiter payload arrives at pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station after rolling out from the vertical integration facility on February 8, 2020 in preparation for a scheduled launch tomorrow evening in Cape Canaveral, Florida. In a joint mission to study the sun by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA), the spacecraft will take the first photographs of the sun's north and south poles.

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#334659

12 November 2014

Rosetta’s lander Philae took this parting shot of its mothership shortly after separation. The image was taken with the lander’s CIVA-P imaging system and captures one of Rosetta's 14 metre-long solar arrays. It was stored onboard the lander until the radio link was established with Rosetta around two hours after separation, and then relayed to Earth. The lander separated from the orbiter at 09:03 GMT/10:03 CET and is expected to touch down on Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko seven hours later. Confirmation of a successful touchdown is expected in a one-hour window centred on 16:02 GMT / 17:02 CET. Rosetta and Philae had been riding through space together for more than 10 years. While Philae is set to become the first probe to land on a comet, Rosetta is already the first to rendezvous with a comet and follow it around the Sun. The information collected by Philae at one location on the surface will complement that collected by the Rosetta orbiter for the entire comet. PHOTO: ESA/Rosetta/Philae/CIVA/NurPhoto

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