Waspie_Dwarf Posted June 3, 2014 #1 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Solar Orbiter’s shield takes Sun’s heat 3 June 2014 ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission has undergone its latest major test: its protective shield has been subjected to concentrated sunlight to prove it can cope with the fierce temperatures close in to our parent star.A ‘structural–thermal’ version of the craft’s sunshield was recently exposed to an artificial Sun for two weeks in Europe’s largest vacuum chamber at ESA’s Technical Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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