TAU (spacecraft)
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tau-spacecraft-276-10350138
title:
TAU (spacecraft)
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TAU was a proposed uncrewed interstellar probe that would go to a distance of one thousand astronomical units from the Earth and Sun by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in 1987 using tested technology. One scientific purpose would be to measure the distance to other stars via stellar parallax. Studies continued into 1990, working with a launch in the 2005–2010 timeframe.
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Cancelled NASA space probe to travel 1000 AU from the Sun
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAU_(spacecraft)
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2023-07-09T07:19:05Z
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