Solar Orbiter

Solar Orbiter

Articles about the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission to study the Sun.
View of the south pole of the Sun, as seen for the first time ever by the Solar Orbiter mission. Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/PHI, EUI and SPICE Teams. License: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO and ESA Standard Licence

Solar Orbiter sees Sun's south pole for first time

A view of the Sun captured by ESA's Solar Orbiter, 30 May 2020. Credit: Solar Orbiter/EUI Team (ESA & NASA); CSL, IAS, MPS, PMOD/WRC, ROB, UCL/MSSL

Eye On The Sky | ESA's Solar Orbiter first light images released

The first images captured by the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft have been released, revealing a new look at our host star.
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Helen O Brien Imperial College

Scientists speak | Space engineer Helen O'Brien on ESA's Solar Orbiter mission

Helen O'Brien is an engineer at Imperial College London and Instrument Manager of the new European Solar Orbiter spacecraft.
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An artist's impression of ESA's Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Copyright: ESA/ATG medialab

Interview | How ESA's Solar orbiter will study the surface of the Sun

We spoke to solar physicist Prof Richard Harrison to find out more about the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter, and what it will tell us about our host star.
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