4.6K views · 723 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

34K views · 688 shares | “We didn’t expect such great results so early.” ☀️ Solar Orbiter sends back its first pictures of our Sun — including the closest images ever taken of our star! More: https://go.nasa.gov/3fEnoPg Solar Orbiter is an international collaboration between the ESA - European Space Agency and NASA. | NASA 360 | Facebook

5.6M views · 35K reactions | 35 years ago today, the Space Shuttle Columbia landed at Edwards Air Force Base, completing its first mission. In this clip, mission commander John Young and pilot Robert Crippen fly the orbiter Columbia to a picture-perfect, unpowered landing on Rogers Dry Lake Bed. | NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center | Facebook

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