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NASA gets ready to launch the satellite which will perform the best Sun observation ever

Houston, USA - IRIS is scheduled to leave on June 26

The American space agency NASA is about to launch a new scientific satellite, which will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or interface region. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through this largely unexplored region of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1152844
Rome, Italy, 06/05/2013 15:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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