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Last Post 2/28/2007 11:11 AM by Terry Kucera

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2/28/2007 8:12 AM
Are there any probes that have been able to sustain the heat of the sun and land on a sunspot?

Terry Kucera

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2/28/2007 11:11 AM
Nope, I am afraid not. NASA is looking into a spacecraft that could come within about 3 solar radii (about 2 million km), though. That would be a challenge, but should be possible. There is a web page about that mission, called Solar Probe here: http://solarprobe.gsfc.nasa.gov/ Terry