Solar Cruiser
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solar-cruiser-233-518490
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Solar Cruiser
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Solar Cruiser was a planned NASA spacecraft that would have studied the Sun while propelled by a solar sail. The mission would have supported NASA's Solar Terrestrial Probes program by studying how interplanetary space changes in response to the constant outpouring of energy and particles from the Sun and how it interacts with planetary atmospheres. It was expected to launch as a rideshare payload alongside IMAP in February 2025. However, the spacecraft was not selected for further development a
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Proposed NASA spacecraft to Mars
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Cruiser
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2024-01-09T13:31:16Z
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