Soyuz 4 & 5 - Orbiter Space Flight Simulator

4.6K views · 720 reactions | One key piece of engineering that makes the Solar Orbiter mission possible: the heat shield. ️   In the dark of space, it will face temps of minus 300 degrees Fahrenheit. At closest approach, 26 million miles from the Sun, it will encounter intense heat and radiation. Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/398Uxiw | NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center | Facebook

9.1K views · 272 reactions | LIFT OFF: New video from NASA shows a rocket, carrying a Solar Orbiter, taking off from Cape Canaveral in Florida to take the first pictures of the north and south poles of the sun, in a joint mission with the European Space Agency, with one camera showing the view from inside the rocket as it launched. https://abcn.ws/2w6mucs | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir | Facebook