Warming up for the sun
Today, the Solar Orbiter control team is simulating launch for the penultimate time, before the sun-seeking spacecraft lifts-off for real. After months of nerve-wracking simulation training, which has seen the control team play out a range of scenarios where something goes wrong, mission control is almost “green for launch.” On 6 February (CET …
News story posted on 2020-01-21T15:35:00.0000000Z
