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The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far.

Today’s flyby will be the first to significantly “tilt” the spacecraft’s orbit and allow it to see the sun’s polar regions, which cannot be seen from Earth.

The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far.

Today’s flyby will be the first to significantly “tilt” the spacecraft’s orbit and allow it to see the sun’s polar regions, which cannot be seen from Earth.

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